From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch-yank-char Date: 27 Apr 2004 11:36:00 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <874qr7l59b.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20040426230345.GA8594@fencepost> <877jw2cq4f.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083051617 2516 80.91.224.253 (27 Apr 2004 07:40:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 27 09:40:08 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 1BINCJ-0008AD-00 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:40:07 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BINCJ-00015s-00 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:40:07 +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 1BINBu-0003wi-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 03:39:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BINBc-0003tu-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 03:39:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BINBP-0003pB-9y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 03:39:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIN8g-0003MM-IV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 03:36:22 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 6504 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2004 07:36:16 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 27 Apr 2004 07:36:16 -0000 Original-To: kfogel@red-bean.com In-Reply-To: <877jw2cq4f.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:22214 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22214 Karl Fogel writes: > In this case, I wonder if we're not being overly conservative. > > If people learn by experience that certain commands no longer exit > isearch as before, and instead cause isearch to behave in new ways, > this might be okay as long as the experiences aren't too painful. And > I think these wouldn't be terribly painful. The benefits (very useful > new functionality in isearch) are permanent, the costs are temporary > and probably not large. I agree. Giving C-f and C-b (the suggested) special meaning in isearch would be a great enhancement to isearch, that I think even the users who currently use C-f and C-b to exit isearch will appreciate. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk