From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch-yank-char Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:15:29 +0300 Organization: JURTA Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <873c6rfeny.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <874qr7ek3i.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082960646 3598 80.91.224.253 (26 Apr 2004 06:24:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:24:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 26 08:23:59 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHzX5-0004Qv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:23:59 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHzX5-0003AQ-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:23:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHzVE-0001Lz-Pp for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHzRi-0000JI-QC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:18:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHzRB-00006t-01 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:18:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.33.219.19] (helo=spoon.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHzRA-00006a-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (80-235-33-250-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.33.250]) by spoon.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB31913D8C5; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: kfogel@red-bean.com In-Reply-To: <874qr7ek3i.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> (Karl Fogel's message of "25 Apr 2004 18:03:29 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22152 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22152 Karl Fogel writes: > For more of the history behind this, see > > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2001-04/threads.html#00001 Thanks, I've already looked at all related information, even http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel/isearch-thread.html ;-) > A thought: can we then bind C-b to *lose* a single character from the > search string? The same logic applies to both C-f and C-b, and wow, > it sure would be convenient to have something finer than Backspace > (since Backspace usually loses too much!). > > Of course, the patch for that would be a bit more complex than just > binding a key. But if people think it is a good idea, I will be > happy to write it. I think it is a good idea. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/