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

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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.

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#7700: 24.0.50; C-y binding withing Isearch mode
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:09:03 +0100

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> 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.


Could we then (if this change is made) please also let C-v do in
isearch what it usually does in cua-mode if cua-mode is on?
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