GNU bug report logs - #56535
28.1; `no' and `no-ding' values for isearch-wrap-pause option (since Emacs 28.1) not working as documented

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Arun V <arunlalv04 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 56535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, visuweshm <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#56535: 28.1; `no' and `no-ding' values for isearch-wrap-pause option (since Emacs 28.1) not working as documented
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:31:48 +0300

>>I suppose non-incremental search here means repeatable search,
>>i.e. the search that is being repeated with C-s C-s.
>>Maybe then better to emphasize this difference explicitly?
>>For example: 'inc-no' and 'inc-no-ding' for incremental wrapping,
>>and leave the existing 'no' and 'no-ding' for repeatable wrapping.
>
> I too thought of it as this would preserve the original meaning of the
> current values in letter and spirit.
>
> But won't it give the notion that 'inc-no-ding' and 'no-ding' are
> mutually exclusive?
> Meaning, setting value as 'inc-no-ding' won't wrap for repeatable
> searches, and setting 'no-ding' won't wrap for incremental searches.
>
> Shouldn't we be conveying that one of the options includes/performs
> the behaviour of all the other ones, in addition to handling the new
> scenario?

It's difficult to choose self-descriptive symbols.  So we need to have
just good enough symbol names, then describe their exact meaning in the
documentation.

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