Re: Simple isearch concerns

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 11:37:30PM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> 1) Are there any option to move the cursor to the start of the candidate
>> after the search? I see that there is an isearch-other-end. But it is
>> not a custom but an internal variable. Now I am using a hook but it
>> seems a bit hacky.
>
>As you see from the discussion, adding a defcustom makes little sense,
>because this feature might be needed only occasionally, so better
>to be bound to a special key, e.g. C-RET to exit and move to other-end,
>S-RET to exit and mark the found string as a region.
>
Ok for me.

>> 2) I want to disable wrapping and I see that there is an
>> `isearch-wrap-function` but it is a variable not a custom and it is not
>> documented in detail what is expected to be there.
>
>isearch-wrap-function can't be a defcustom too, because it's impossible
>to implement automatic wrapping by a wrap function.
>
Sorry I don't get this one, on yesterday you gave what was IMO the best
proposal. Provide 3 options for: disable wrapping, pause and just
wrap. Are these really so hard to provide?

* Any way if there is a reason for this; then I won't argue about that.


>> 3) In general many of the customizable variables in isearch are defined
>> with defvar so it is difficult to distinguish between internal and user
>> exposed ones. Just to mention some examples:
>> isearch-push-state-function, isearch-filter-predicate, the hooks,
>
>Most of these functions are intended to be modified by different modes
>using add-function, so again there is nothing to customize here, sorry.
>
I use some of them as simple hooks. But again (go to *)