Re: isearch-query-replace-regexp and stuff

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> As far as I am able to judge from the current code that is just
> checked in, if one types M-% from within a regexp isearch or C-M-%
> from within an ordinary isearch, the history variable of the last
> irrelevant search type gets consulted.
> 
> That seems weird.  I think that M-% from within a regexp isearch
> should probably use the currently matched string, and C-M-% from
> within an ordinary isearch should probably use regexp-quote of the
> current search string.

[...]

While we are at it: maybe M-s should turn an ordinary search into a
regexp search (while regexp-quoting the current search string to make
it fitting for a regexp search), and vice versa (by using the
currently matched string, if any, as search string).

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum