Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

Peter Lee <pete_lee@swbell.net> writes:
>>>>> David Kastrup writes:
>     David> While multiple keypresses of that still require much more
>     David> action than C-f and C-b, I guess I could live with that.
>
> I wouldn't find this useful if it's more than a single keypress.
> Otherwise it becomes more efficient to simply M-e and edit the string.

M-e is a good method to delete characters from the search string,
but it can't append characters from the buffer where isearch is active.

But it's possible to use something like below.  When C-f is typed
in the end of the isearch minibuffer (activated by M-e) it could append
characters from the isearch buffer to the search string in the minibuffer.

(define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map "\C-f"  'isearch-yank-char-in-minibuffer)
(define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map [right] 'isearch-yank-char-in-minibuffer)

(defun isearch-yank-char-in-minibuffer ()
  "Pull next character from isearch buffer into end of search string in minibuffer."
  (interactive "p")
  (if (eobp)
      (insert
       (save-excursion
         (set-buffer (cadr (buffer-list)))
         (buffer-substring-no-properties
          (point) (progn (forward-char 1) (point)))))
    (forward-char 1)))

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Juri Linkov
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