Re: C-s and delete under Windows

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Ulrich Scholz wrote:
> Hi, under Linux, deleting while searching (C-s, type something, and
> then press delete) removes letters from the search string and
> continues to search.  Under Windows, the behavior is different: it
> ends the search and deletes characters from my file.
> 
> How can I implement the Linux behavior under Windows?
> 
> Maybe the problem is my .emacs on Windows. I use the following:
> 
> (global-set-key [backspace] 'backward-delete-char-untabify)

That might be the culprit. Do your delete and backspace keys work the 
same? Are they bound to same function? I think that backspace should 
remove the last character from the isearch string and leave you in the 
search routine. Delete should erase character right after instance of 
seach string at cursor and break out of search. At least that's how my 
Emacs (nt5.0) has always worked. If you just want to use C-s or C-r for 
cursor movement you can do C-space at any point to break out of isearch.