GNU bug report logs - #32990
26.1.50; isearch-forward + t-m-m/mark-active doc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: charles <at> aurox.ch

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 18:12:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1.50

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32990: 26.1.50; isearch-forward + t-m-m/mark-active doc
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:09:19 +0100
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:53:19 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>
> Thanks, I have a couple of minor comments:
> 
> > +search string.  You can repeat this any number of times.  If you
> > +overshoot, you can cancel some @kbd{C-s} characters with @key{DEL}.
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I would say "cancel some @kbd{C-s} commands", not "characters".
> "Cancel characters" sounds awkward and slightly confusing.
> 
> > +@kindex M-s w
> > +@kindex M-s w @r{(Incremental Search)}
> 
> It is not useful to have several index entries starting with the same
> string and pointing to the same place, or very close places.  In this
> case, I think just the first one will do.

Thanks for reviewing, I pushed the change with these amendments.




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