From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Too much pita to paste into incremental regex search Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:01:35 +0200 Message-ID: <83d3aa2w0g.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87aa5fbale.fsf@newsguy.com> <00A036F48B024034991C000247C729ED@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327338127 11676 80.91.229.12 (23 Jan 2012 17:02:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:02:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 23 18:02:02 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RpNHN-0002OE-VH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:02:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54793 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpNHJ-0004le-9g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpNHA-0004kv-BQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpNH5-0006HJ-4a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:58877) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpNH4-0006GH-Ub for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:43 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LY900C00GKVU800@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:01:32 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.18.29]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LY900C3CGMIBT50@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:01:31 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83546 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:44:27 -0800 > > > > > > I don't use the incremental regex search much but did have > > > > > need of it today. And repeatedly. I found it difficult to > > > > > impossible to copy/paste to the prompt. As soon as you move > > > > > the mouse, the prompt disappears. > > > > > > > > It doesn't disappear for me, not in Emacs 24 anyway. I > > > > can click the mouse in the minibuffer, then type C-y to > > > > paste something I copied elsewhere. > > > > > > Not if you click in a minibuffer on a different frame > > > (which includes the case of a standalone minibuffer). > > > A `switch-frame' event causes Isearch to be cancelled. > > > See Emacs bug #10037. > > > > The OP didn't say anything that would imply he was using such > > esoterica. > > Wow. Using more than one frame is "esoteric"? No. But using minibuffer frames is. > Is it also esoteric if you use `M-w' to copy text from a buffer in one frame and > then use `M-y' (Emacs 24: `C-y') to yank it into Isearch in another frame? This works for me.