From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Word search Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87myp99rd3.fsf@jurta.org> <87od9n36ew.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4q25w95.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87skyyjjcb.fsf@jurta.org> <877ig84yd1.fsf@jurta.org> <000601c88475$d41ba240$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <87abl38qw5.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205447131 15251 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2008 22:25:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 23:25:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZvs6-0001ip-Pw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:25:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZvrX-0001VB-FU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZvqW-0000cv-68 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZvqU-0000ak-H3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZvqU-0000aT-7W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZvqT-0003az-Sv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JZvqT-0000L1-3w; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:17 -0400 In-reply-to: <87abl38qw5.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:17:22 +0200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92440 Archived-At: C-w in the search string editing minibuffer is a natural extension of C-w in isearch mode (`isearch-yank-word-or-char') because there will be no difference between `C-s C-w C-w ...' and `C-s M-e C-w C-w ...'. Since `isearch-edit-string' uses a normal minibuffer, it would be natural to extend this C-w feature to other minibuffers. This seems like a hair on the tail wagging the dog.