GNU bug report logs - #7700
24.0.50; C-y binding withing Isearch mode

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:01:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 8183

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7700: 24.0.50; C-y binding withing Isearch mode
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:30:50 -0500

> Personally, I find this behavior inconsistent/annoying: I would expect that
> C-y within Isearch add text X to the search text, where X is the text that
> would be yanked in normal editing.

FWIW, I'd agree.  I've always found the C-y binding in isearch "useless"
and counter-intuitive.  I'd much rather make C-y and M-y behave like
they do in the minibuffer.


        Stefan
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 9 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.