From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch and M-y/C-y Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:18 +0900 Message-ID: References: <1226849462.184357.3770.nullmailer@null> <87zljzpbml.fsf@jurta.org> <1226945661.613276.9583.nullmailer@null> <87k5b22br7.fsf@jurta.org> <6161f3180811191705k1da9e683g347a1dac593768c2@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227234469 9407 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2008 02:27:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, ams@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, "Andrew W. Nosenko" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 21 03:28:51 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 1L3LlL-0006AH-AR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:28:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38427 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3LkC-0000G8-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3Lk6-0000CL-Cw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3Lk4-000075-9T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54900 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3Lk4-00006g-03 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:32 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:38552) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3Lk1-0007Id-BS; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:29 -0500 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id mAL2RLjj015527; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:21 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:21 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:20 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id ECFA0422; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:19 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:40:55 +0100") Original-Lines: 17 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:105868 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: >> It would be very bad to give C-k a special meaning in a search. >> Using it to exit a search is very useful. > > In general we should be very reluctant to steal more keys in isearch. I agree -- in general -- but it's kind of hard to imagine that many people use C-k to exit isearch ... it's seems pretty unlikely the point will be correctly placed for that command to be very useful. The M-y/C-y issue, by contrast, actually does confuse many people. -Miles -- It wasn't the Exxon Valdez captain's driving that caused the Alaskan oil spill. It was yours. [Greenpeace advertisement, New York Times, 25 February 1990]