GNU bug report logs - #6232
Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 16:10:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 6232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 6232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to
	front of search string
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:34:58 +0200

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> 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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