Subject: bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search string

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:34:58 +0200

Lennart Borgman <[email-masked]> writes:

> 2) Using the same keybindings make them easy to remember.
>
> 3) It does seem rather logical that the yanking is done at the other
> end when search direction is reversed.

It would be totally confusing behaviour.  Normal characters are always
added at the end, so yanking should always behave the same.

Andreas.

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