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#7700
24.0.50; C-y binding withing Isearch mode
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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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Message #98 received at 7700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 19:14, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> wrote:
> Hi, Stefan,
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:30:50AM -0500, Stefan Monnier 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.
>
> I use C-y ("grab to next end of line") quite a bit. But it annoys me
> that it's bound to C-y. I'd prefer C-y to do what M-y currently does,
> but please don't unbind "grab to end of line" completely. How about
> swapping C-y and M-y, like the OP suggested?
C-e and C-E (aka Ctrl-E and Ctrl-Shift-E)? C-e because I see no
useful meaning for "go to the end-of-line" inside isearch (if don't
count the real break isearch and go to the end of line), and C-E for
people with CUA "instincts".
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Andrew W. Nosenko <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>
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