From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: * Tong * Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: placing cursor at *start* of match in incremental search Date: 20 Jan 2003 16:51:01 -0500 Organization: Bell Sympatico Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <59a4b541.0301161245.9b94d49@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043099824 22326 80.91.224.249 (20 Jan 2003 21:57:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ajue-0005nL-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:57:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ajtn-0000xZ-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:56:07 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.231.234.44 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1043099398 64.231.234.44 (Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:49:58 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:49:58 EST Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109257 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5781 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5781 Maciej Kalisiak 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? > > > > It's not clear why you want to do this, but why not just type C-r ? > > Oh, to save a keystroke, of course. From past experience I have observed that > every time I do C-s and find what I was looking for, I always end up moving the > cursor to the match beginning. Hence I want that behaviour automatically by > default. second to that. I wish I know how to twist it also. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) *niX Power Tools Project: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/ - All free contribution & collection