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

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 03:09:37 +0300

> Yanking to the end of the search string in isearh (i.e. C-w etc.) is
> very practical. However I miss yanking to the front of the search
> string.
>
> My suggestion is to change the semantics a bit and yank to the front
> of the search string when searching backwards. What do you think?

I think this would be wrong to do because C-w and all other yanking commands
always yank in the forward direction.

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Juri Linkov
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