From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Cc: 12078@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12078: 24.1; Improve the I-search prompt
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:05:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wo0rdt0w.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0iYtVu7pxC-=5m-ZH=ojoPWrfUrTQNF-yLM37vd_i+TVg@mail.gmail.com> (Dani Moncayo's message of "Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:56:48 +0200")
Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com> writes:
> As discussed in bug #9918
> (http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9918#50), I propose to
> change the format of the I-search prompt, so that instead of (e.g.):
>
> Failing I-search: foobar
> Overwrapped I-search: foobar
> Failing overwrapped I-search: foobar
> Failing I-search: foobar [initial node]
>
> would be
>
> I-search: foobar [failing]
> I-search: foobar [overwrapped]
> I-search: foobar [failing, overwrapped]
> I-search: foobar [failing, initial node]
>
> That is: present all the I-search "flags" at the right side of the
> search string, using that common pattern.
There didn't seem to be much enthusiasm for this, and I agree --
changing the prompt here just seems more intuitive and easier to
understand than something that looks like a feature set after the search
string.
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-18 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-28 17:56 bug#12078: 24.1; Improve the I-search prompt Dani Moncayo
2012-07-29 0:35 ` Juri Linkov
2012-07-29 18:04 ` Juri Linkov
2012-07-30 0:45 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-07-30 9:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-30 9:30 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-07-30 23:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-30 23:50 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-01 23:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-08 8:06 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-08 8:30 ` Dani Moncayo
2020-09-18 15:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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