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>>>>> "Maciej" == Maciej Kalisiak <mac@die.spammer.die.dgp.toronto.edu> writes:
> When I'm doing incremental search using C-s, is there some variable I can
> tweak to get Emacs to place the cursor at the *start* of the match, as
> opposed to the end, as is the default?

I think the simplest is to use C-r.


        Stefan