From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch-yank-char Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:10:07 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082990116 6894 80.91.224.253 (26 Apr 2004 14:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 26 16:35:06 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 1BI7CM-0007Rc-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:35:06 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BI7CM-0002L6-00 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:35:06 +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 1BI6zh-0005Bx-7S for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:22:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BI6zR-00059f-Mw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:21:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BI6tq-0003Rr-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:16:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BI6q3-0002TI-MF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BI6oB-0005GT-0J; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:10:07 -0400 Original-To: Juri Linkov In-reply-to: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:42:08 +0300) 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:22172 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22172 But most importantly, C-f is the most backward compatible key binding, because when the user types C-f without leaving isearch mode with the intention to move the point right, nothing bad happens: the user simply types RET or any other non-isearch key to finish isearch, and the point remains exactly at the same position where the user wanted to move it! That is an idea worth thinking about. We could try it. However, it could confuse people who are accustomed to assume that after typing C-f they are out of the search.