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From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 14729@debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#14729: 24.3.50; Isearch oddity
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:59:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <865ys4taxv.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h7bpqb6q.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 04 Dec 2021 04:51:57 +0100")

>> `isearch-fail-pos' assumes that in a failed state of search
>> a shorter previous successful search string should be taken
>> as a basis for highlighting.  In this case, the last successful match
>> was "buf", so an appended suffix is highlighted as failed.
>
> So, first we have:
>
>
>
>
> Then we type "fer", and then get:
>
>
>
>
> But...  I think I'd expect getting
>
>
>
>
> instead?  Probably.

Or to turn the failing search into a successful one
since the search string matches the buffer.

OTOH, the current behavior also makes sense
since it highlights the last failing characters
typed by the user.  E.g. compare it with `C-s bufzzz'.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-04 19:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-27  9:58 bug#14729: 24.3.50; Isearch oddity Dani Moncayo
2013-06-27 23:44 ` Juri Linkov
2013-06-29 17:22   ` Dani Moncayo
2013-06-29 21:53     ` Juri Linkov
2013-06-29 22:34       ` Dani Moncayo
2013-06-30  3:11         ` Drew Adams
2021-12-04  3:51       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-04 16:48         ` bug#14729: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-12-04 19:59         ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-12-04 22:06           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-05  9:35             ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-05 20:22               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-06  2:09                 ` bug#14729: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-12-06  9:33                   ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-06  9:40                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-06 16:01                     ` Drew Adams
2021-12-06 17:03             ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-07 20:48               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-07 21:53                 ` Juri Linkov

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