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28.2; `switch-frame' event exits incremental search

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 62032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Farblos <akfkqu.9df7rp <at> vodafonemail.de>
Subject: Re: bug#62032: 28.2; `switch-frame' event exits incremental search
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 11:53:09 -0700

Hello,

On Thu 09 Mar 2023 at 09:50AM +02, Juri Linkov wrote:

>>> I'm fine with that point of view as long as I'm allowed to let frame
>>> switches keep isearch alive in some way or other.  I understand that the
>>> buffer switch (resulting from the frame switch) during an isearch is
>>> evil, but I frequently just alt-tab to a different frame, peek something
>>> there, alt-tab back, and continue the isearch.
>>
>> Um, I just tried to not "only peek something" in the second frame, but
>> rather type some text, which is of course grabbed by the isearch running in
>> the first frame, which is of course highly confusing.
>>
>> Having tested that, I'd rather vote for wontfix for this bug, hoping that
>> I can continue to bind `ignore´ to `switch-frame´ in my very personal
>> configuration for more versions to come to keep the behavior as I am used
>> to it.
>
> In https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg01442.html
> a new option 'isearch-buffer-local' was implemented.
> It could help in such situations when you need to switch
> temporarily to another frame/buffer without exiting isearch.

Looks like this hasn't been installed?  May I ask why?

I'd love this.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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