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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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6232: closed (Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank
 to front of search  string)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:43:02 +0000

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search 
	string
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 18:09:12 +0200

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?



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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6232-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to
	front of search string
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:40:17 -0500

There was fairly strong opposition to this, so closing as "wontfix".
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