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23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search

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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     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.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 As the NEWS item says, it is obsolete.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  :-)  I thought that `C-s M-e C-w' had been
replaced by `C-s C-w'.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.

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