GNU bug report logs - #29321
Isearch hit count

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:28:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #140 received at 29321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
Cc: 29321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29321: Isearch hit count
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:58:21 +0200

> Do you think adding similar behavior to
> "isearch-forward"/"isearch-backward" would be feasible?  For example,
> C-6 C-s foo could move point forward to the sixth next occurrence of
> "foo".

It's unclear how it should progress incrementally.  After starting
to type `C-6 C-s f' it can find the sixth next occurrence of "f".
To find the sixth next occurrence of "foo", it needs to search
non-incrementally.
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