From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search string Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 23:19:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87sk5myv0i.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274477719 3032 80.91.229.12 (21 May 2010 21:35:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:35:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6232@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 21 23:35:17 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZsC-0005aA-0a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 23:35:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54253 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFZs9-0006QZ-TB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45774 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFZkI-0000v8-5o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:27:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZkG-00021j-9P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39995) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZkG-00021c-7d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZdS-0004zK-IW; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:20:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6232 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6232-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6232.127447678919163 (code B ref 6232); Fri, 21 May 2010 21:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6232) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 May 2010 21:19:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZdE-0004z2-L1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:19:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gw0-f44.google.com ([74.125.83.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFZdC-0004yx-Ld for 6232@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:19:47 -0400 Original-Received: by gwb19 with SMTP id 19so221103gwb.3 for <6232@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 21 May 2010 14:19:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xGWSjVTfwYn6E/XmD/LS8MoCLZ05izZ/K0gfBWYorvA=; b=XaSmEIUkLtSzWvaTOo1u7+lYx2EjUNxmh6YTnAK2qex9MI5ntPiRAsae407c6NeyPo rOcEIzVz1OGgSBZQAy/GSBh/HACO25mULVjsmJawOsCwgSFaradm+oGDxtHYhKLkSnkl WEaw3V11cPy2e5kHElTxuLIrY5pWLWCntC5ew= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bB8WZak0PctcPgEPsHZk8zMVcPJ+ZEQwHeWfdLuwjZ2bcPUrsXsjCk8ObWSZ6OUaLU kxk6C2v5KvjzN07nay+AqNv42b7rpUS19FVS6A1IIcm2nlGU2A9BkvqMjXPsrvVWPmr8 ITZ4ZRgGlV47Nt3mYvc5iWmk7VWNP9sQ9iMGk= Original-Received: by 10.100.233.4 with SMTP id f4mr2989231anh.217.1274476782221; Fri, 21 May 2010 14:19:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.100.177.20 with HTTP; Fri, 21 May 2010 14:19:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:20:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37160 Archived-At: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > In backward search, self-inserting characters add to the end of the > search string. =C2=A0To make yank add at the beginning would be > inconsistent Both you and Andreas think that yanking at the beginning for backward isearch is inconsistent. If you both feel that way I tend to agree (since this is a usability proble= m). > and not useful. However if it is useful is a quite different thing. I have use cases for it. I can't imagine that other people does not have it so I assume this is not really what you (or Andreas) wanted to say.