From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maciej Kalisiak Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: placing cursor at *start* of match in incremental search Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:27:27 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <59a4b541.0301161245.9b94d49@posting.google.com> Reply-To: mac@dgp.toronto.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042828356 14822 80.91.224.249 (17 Jan 2003 18:32:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:32:36 +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 18ZbI9-0003qW-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:32:33 +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 18ZbGi-0006hQ-0A for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:31:04 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!news03.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.102.102.133 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com Original-X-Trace: news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com 1042828047 24.102.102.133 (Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:27:27 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:27:27 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:77013 gnu.emacs.help:109098 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:5624 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5624 * David Robinow : > (Maciej Kalisiak) wrote in message news:... > > 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. -- Maciej Kalisiak | | http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac [McQ] PGP->finger|www; (0x39AC36F5) 9F BB 9E 11 F0 1E 5D 20 0B 31 3D 37 47 D0 67 C7 GE/CS d- s++:+ a- C++(+++) ULAI++ P+++ L+++ E+++ W++ N- o? K? !w--- O- M- V-- PS PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 !X-- R+ tv-- b+>++++ DI+ G+ e>+++>++++(*) h--- r+++ y?