GNU bug report logs - #25562
25.1; isearch-forward-word first matches a non-word

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 22589

Found in versions 25.0.90, 25.1

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 25562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 25562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#25562: 25.1; isearch-forward-word first matches a non-word
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:28:27 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 01:24:07 +0200
> Cc: 25562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> You can try yourself using the minimal patch below that demonstrates your idea.
> 
> But from what I see, it's not too good, using the recipe from your top post:
> 
> emacs -Q
> M-<
> M-s w
> i
> 
> After typing the letter “i”, isearch fails, beeps, flashes the screen,
> with a clear indication that something went wrong.  This is more confusing
> for a user, because now a user has to stop and think about what is wrong.

I think this is a consequence of the simple fact that "word search"
and "incremental search" contradict each other: as long as "the word"
was not fully specified, searching for it incrementally is not a
well-defined operation.
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