From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12986: Pressing backspace during isearch exits case-sensitive and word modes Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:15:14 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87a9u1jqzh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <1354124058.21763.YahooMailClassic@web141103.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1354145473 2131 80.91.229.3 (28 Nov 2012 23:31:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12986@debbugs.gnu.org To: Kelly Dean Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 29 00:31:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr6B-0003ow-W8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:31:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47698 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr60-0000kb-Qs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:31:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr5v-0000fQ-9c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:31:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr5t-0008P3-Op for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33998) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr5t-0008Oz-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr7m-00044o-0m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:33:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12986 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 12986-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12986.135414554915623 (code B ref 12986); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12986) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Nov 2012 23:32:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44247 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr7F-00043v-HG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:32:29 -0500 Original-Received: from ps18281.dreamhost.com ([69.163.218.105]:36143 helo=ps18281.dreamhostps.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tdr7C-00043f-GQ for 12986@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:32:27 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.218.105]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92C0451C587; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:30:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1354124058.21763.YahooMailClassic@web141103.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (Kelly Dean's message of "Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:34:18 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67571 Archived-At: [please keep your replies Cc'd to 12986@debbugs.gnu.org] >> (isearch-delete-char) restores the previous search state. >> If you want just to remove the last character from the search string, >> you can type `C-M-w' (isearch-del-char). > Sorry for the mistaken bug report. But it still seems to be a UI > inconsistency: although the described behavior happens for word mode and > case-insensitivity mode, it doesn't happen for regex mode, which it what > led me to believe it was a bug for the first two. If it's supposed to > happen for the first two, then shouldn't it happen for all three? Good point. `isearch-delete-char' (that uses `isearch-pop-state') restores word mode but not regexp mode. This looks like unaccountable inconsistency. Perhaps it should restore regexp mode as well. Case-insensitivity is already restored when you type but you can't see this because it has no indication in the prompt. Maybe it should momentarily flash a case sensitivity indicator when you type like it does when you type `M-c' (but only when changes the state of case-insensitivity). The recently added `isearch-lax-whitespace' could be saved/restored too. For customizability a new user option could be added to define a list of search states that the user wants to keep on the isearch stack.