GNU bug report logs - #6779
23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search

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From: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:52:19 +0200

The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that

    In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
    the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
    `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.

But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

Message #8 received at 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:22:20 +0200

Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that
>
>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>
> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

Yeah, it I say `C-s C-w', then the word under point is inserted in the
search buffer, and allows me to search for that word.

So I think the NEWS file is just wrong?  `M-s w' seems to have the
intended effect.

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Message #11 received at 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:45:20 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that
>>
>>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>>
>> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.
>
> Yeah, it I say `C-s C-w', then the word under point is inserted in the
> search buffer, and allows me to search for that word.

> So I think the NEWS file is just wrong?  `M-s w' seems to have the
> intended effect.

The key sequences in question were `C-s RET C-w' and `C-s M-e C-w', but
yes, they have been removed and replaced with `M-s w'.

Message #14 received at 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6779: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:53:51 -0400

Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:

>>> The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that
>>>
>>>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>>>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>>>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>>>
>>> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

As the NEWS item says, it is obsolete.

I guess this is confusing in that "obsolete" in this instance means
"this no longer works", rather than "this still works, but discouraged";
is that what you're referring to?

Message #17 received at 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>, 6779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6779: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:57:41 +0200

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

>>>>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>>>>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>>>>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>>>>
>>>> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.
>
> As the NEWS item says, it is obsolete.
>
> I guess this is confusing in that "obsolete" in this instance means
> "this no longer works", rather than "this still works, but discouraged";
> is that what you're referring to?

I misread that completely.  :-)  I thought that `C-s M-e C-w' had been
replaced by `C-s C-w'.  But I think it says what it's supposed to say,
so I'm closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/

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