From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Simple isearch concerns Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:10:19 +0000 Message-ID: <9ff81b52faf94bb3d0b0@heytings.org> References: <20210403001539.x4rb55dvh46rmhb3.ref@Ergus> <20210403001539.x4rb55dvh46rmhb3@Ergus> <878s5wmsjp.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87mtubz4ls.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <8735w22s9b.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <3ec7e2e58a3733a48ae9@heytings.org> <878s5tc0rn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <3ec7e2e58a49d4f0ec99@heytings.org> <878s5t9p1i.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <9ff81b52fad2911cc740@heytings.org> <87im4w1tgw.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <9ff81b52fa878cb35a86@heytings.org> <87pmz4zgn5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34076"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Ergus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 08 22:11:43 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lUb0A-0008lB-U0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 22:11:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37304 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUb08-0008Dy-Gn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48364) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUaz5-0007Vb-2O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:34462) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUays-00072C-Mz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:10:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1617912620; bh=6C97qcWtq69IOQsKuChLlqvWkNSN9b647/jyGrGW3UQ=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=Qt3vDA09FuMPoxPAnVXge55o/AVLFzExFzp4uo+AAA+5LiX1TCB6YrPEtlmyFdtJO Hbn0kZt/Q9f2UQ20IzMHr4G3cx3Hq2iwVDU4KC0tYq49/0Xf/2JV9m9OK+8ZWog74W tlCjN4O4aI6L9/Ae2qQDFYSg10NHZzetT/gZSwHN9cFfekPjUoEq+zvCdZNLYnImkb FdVVs5CG0TTf+mgROb5Uj+xhQmjTQXR637x5mcsFt4eg4eNgcFcXILP1XhcWH1CQ4f z8NAxV9QCZ3Kq9E+Hzhfs7HhIgO+39rfFPDeB86jKAKVBeCS6ZjFhBqAgdHH8MKFu/ b1iE+zR9KxMPw== In-Reply-To: <87pmz4zgn5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:267664 Archived-At: >> Do I understand correctly that your remark is about the internal >> variable 'isearch-forward', and whether its value should change when >> using "fast forward/backward" searches? If so, would that make a >> difference in practice? IIUC it is changed by >> isearch-beginning-of-buffer and isearch-end-of-buffer. > > isearch-beginning-of-buffer changes the direction to 'forward' because > it makes no sense to keep it 'backward' - there are no matches before > the first match. > > But I agree that when the user called scroll-up-command then it makes > more sense to change the direction to 'forward' to be able to navigate > the matches forward from the top of the next screen (as opposed to > keeping the backward direction to be able to quickly go back that is > less useful). > Yes, but even if it the direction did not change, I don't see what difference it would make in practice. Because to repeat a search the user would have to type either C-s or C-r, thereby changing the direction anyway. Am I missing something?