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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Gideon Stupp <gideon.stupp@gmail.com>
Cc: 10638-close@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10638: [PATCH] Prefix Arg support for 'isearch-repeat-forward' and 'isearch-repeat-backward'
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:59:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3lim3p297.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJzWQ4dWm6y0RLoFkgT4VcfJgV53RN1LRsq9Ek+8JsO06JTomg@mail.gmail.com> (Gideon Stupp's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:06 +0200")

Gideon Stupp <gideon.stupp@gmail.com> writes:

> This patch extends 'isearch-repeat-forward' and '
> isearch-repeat-backward' to support a prefix argument so that during
> search it is possible to press C-3 C-s for example to repeat the last
> search three times. Notice that you need to set `isearch-allow-scroll'
> to t for the patch to take effect.

I'm not quite sure that I see how this would be all that useful.  `C-s
C-s C-s' isn't a lot more keystrokes than `C-3 C-s', and is easier to
type.

And I can't really see why one would do `C-45 C-s'.

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      reply	other threads:[~2012-04-10 23:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-29 15:59 bug#10638: [PATCH] Prefix Arg support for 'isearch-repeat-forward' and 'isearch-repeat-backward' Gideon Stupp
2012-04-10 23:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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