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: 25 Apr 2004 18:17:27 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87zn8zd4vs.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> References: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <874qr7ek3i.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> 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 1082958240 32320 80.91.224.253 (26 Apr 2004 05:44:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:44:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 26 07:43:55 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 1BHyuJ-00038n-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:43:55 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHyuI-0002ON-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:43:55 +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 1BHymJ-0002S3-FH for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:35:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHymD-0002Rt-Tw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:35:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHyle-0002CO-Ow for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:35:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.115.63.78] (helo=pimout6-ext.prodigy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHyle-0002Bl-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:34:58 -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 i3Q5YvX5415300; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:34:57 -0400 Original-Received: from kfogel by floss.red-bean.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHssJ-0002Br-00; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:17:27 -0500 Original-To: Juri Linkov Emacs: ... it's not just a way of life, it's a text editor! In-Reply-To: <874qr7ek3i.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> Original-Lines: 23 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:22150 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22150 Karl Fogel writes: > Juri Linkov writes: > > There is an inevitable need for a key binding for isearch-yank-char. > > > > The current C-w key binding for isearch-yank-word-or-char tries > > to decide whether the user wants a character or a word, but it > > often fails, because it is impossible to predict what the user wants. > > For more of the history behind this, see > > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2001-04/threads.html#00001 In addition to the above, see this thread: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2001-11/threads.html#01034 The second thread explains why we don't (currently) have a keybinding for isearch-yank-char. With these two threads, the full history of the issue is visible. Sorry I didn't find the second thread before sending my earlier reply. -Karl