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

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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     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.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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