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Drew Adams wrote:

>    I would find it very helpful to be able to leave isearch-mode but keep
>    the highlite.... put it on C-RET or S-RET in isearch-mode-map.
>
>Could be useful. The main question is how to later get rid of it. Perhaps
>the next isearch could do that, or let isearch toggle it (see below).
>  
>
Yes the next search will clear it.

>Turning it on by a particular exit key sequence is not the best way. I would
>rather have that be a user option (like case-fold-search), and be able to
>toggle the option while in isearch (like we can toggle case-fold-search).
>  
>
Too cumbersome to me. Sometimes I want to leave the highlite there, 
sometimes not.