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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: 6779@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "Johan Bockgård" <bojohan@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6779: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:22:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3aacvo5wz.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hbjdqd7g.fsf@gnu.org> ("Johan \=\?iso-8859-1\?Q\?Bockg\=E5rd\=22\?\= \=\?iso-8859-1\?Q\?'s\?\= message of "Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:52:19 +0200")

Johan Bockgård <bojohan@gnu.org> writes:

> The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that
>
>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>
> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.

Yeah, it I say `C-s C-w', then the word under point is inserted in the
search buffer, and allows me to search for that word.

So I think the NEWS file is just wrong?  `M-s w' seems to have the
intended effect.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-03 13:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-02 14:52 bug#6779: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search Johan Bockgård
2011-07-03 13:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-03 16:45   ` Johan Bockgård
2011-07-03 18:53     ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-03 18:57       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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