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>

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search string
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.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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