GNU bug report logs - #46469
27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 46469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46469: 27.1; `isearch-del-char' should move point further back
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:28:45 +0200

> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 46469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:53:44 +0100
> 
> As to this being just a personal preference: I'm sure you'll find people
> attached to the current behavior if you poll the mailing list, but let
> me note that, in other sensible search UIs, DEL works like the patched
> ‘isearch-del-char’.  I've just tested Swiper, gedit and zile.  They're
> all like the patched version.  I see no reason for a defcustom here.

I'm afraid we have no choice, since the current behavior is very old.
We cannot make incompatible behavior changes in such old commands
unconditionally.
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