Re: Isearch should store aborted search strings too

[Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com>]

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> 
> Tom <adatgyujto <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I often use isearch to check something in other parts of the
> > file and then go back to the starting point by aborting isearch
> > with ctrl+G.
> 
> Alternative: type RET and then C-u C-SPC.
> 

Yes, but it's much more typing than a simple C-g which is not a good thing
in case of a frequent operation. I use isearch quite a lot to move around
in buffers.

As a workaround I added an advice which forces isearch to always store
the search string:

(defadvice isearch-done (before my-isearch-done activate)
  (ad-set-arg 0 nil))


With this anyone can try it how it feels in practice. I find it
quite convenient that I can quickly repeat an isearch with
C-s C-s regardless if I exited the search normally or aborted it.