From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: highlight failed part of isearch input Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184181632 5809 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2007 19:20:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:20:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 11 21:20:28 2007 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 1I8hjf-0006NT-0M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:20:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I8hje-0003bY-Fa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I8hja-0003bF-R5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I8hjX-0003ar-9Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I8hjX-0003ao-5H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:19 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-69-205-32-54.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.205.32.54] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I8hjW-0003j7-Qo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:19 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:20:52 +0000 (UTC) In-reply-to: X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:74653 Archived-At: When you search for such a string, Emacs does not let you simply use `DEL' to back out the failure part, character by character ... I do not understand. To back out of a failure, invoke isearch-del-char (`C-M-w'). That deletes one character from the end of the search string and searches again. When you search for such a string, Emacs does not let you simply use `DEL' to back out the failure part, character by character; hitting `DEL' removes the entire search string at once. isearch-delete-char (`DEL') only removes the entire search string if you use isearch-yank-word-or-char (`C-w') and only if you also make that word be the only part of the search string. If you invoke isearch-yank-word-or-char (`C-w') twice, isearch-delete-char (`DEL') removes only the last. You can use isearch-yank-word-or-char (`C-w') to gather a complete word and then remove characters from that string with isearch-del-char (`C-M-w'). -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc