From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch-yank-char Date: 29 Apr 2004 17:08:27 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87n04u77z8.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> References: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20040426230345.GA8594@fencepost> <877jw2cq4f.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> <87ad0xvo33.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <871xm8wv6j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: kfogel@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 1083299567 3500 80.91.224.253 (30 Apr 2004 04:32:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:32:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 30 06:32:39 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 1BJPhX-0003sQ-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:32:39 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJPhW-0003ZD-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:32:38 +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 1BJPcA-00075W-FA for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJPbp-000757-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:26:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJPbI-00071o-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:26:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.115.63.78] (helo=pimout6-ext.prodigy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJPbI-0006yV-MO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:26:12 -0400 Original-Received: from floss.red-bean.com (adsl-66-73-175-183.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [66.73.175.183]) by pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3U4Ppc4166418 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:25:51 -0400 Original-Received: from kfogel by floss.red-bean.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJJhj-0006SJ-00 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:08:27 -0500 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Emacs: the only text editor known to get indigestion. In-Reply-To: <871xm8wv6j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:22407 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22407 This thread hasn't actually arrived at a decision yet; let's see if we can reach one. Proposal: 1. Bind C-f in isearch-mode to 'isearch-yank-char'. (And while we're at it, fix isearch-yank-char's doc string to say "char" instead of "letter".) 2. Bind C-b in isearch-mode to a function (name TBD) that loses one char from the search string. I think this would be a good change on the whole, and would happy to implement it. If you agree or strongly object, please say so. I'd like to make the change soon, but don't want to do the work only to have it voted down, of course. The implementation details (such as the name of that new function) aren't likely to be controversial, so let's just evaluate the proposal on the basis of the user-visible change. Details of the patch itself can be worked out. Retreats into the night, watching, waiting,... -Karl