From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-f in isearch minibuffer Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:52:14 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <873bfgjm0l.fsf@jurta.org> References: <200605030727.k437R2Wx009975@amrm2.ics.uci.edu> <87bqufwbls.fsf@jurta.org> <87mzdokank.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <877j4smzdp.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147384796 9899 80.91.229.2 (11 May 2006 21:59:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 21:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 11 23:59:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FeJCH-0002IB-SZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 23:59:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FeJCH-0000Ir-E8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:59:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FeJBz-0000GF-U5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FeJBz-0000Fp-EV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FeJBz-0000Fc-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.25.160.1] (helo=relay1.binet.com.ua) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FeJDZ-0004Jj-6q; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:01:09 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay1.binet.com.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0D377CCF; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:59:28 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from mail.binet.com.ua (i19.dialup.binet.com.ua [217.25.161.83]) by relay1.binet.com.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA9677C88; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:59:26 +0300 (EEST) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <877j4smzdp.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 11 May 2006 23:04:18 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAv at binet.com.ua X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:54288 Archived-At: >> This reminds me of another misfeature. C-f typed at the end of the >> isearch's minibuffer that pulls characters from the parent buffer is >> not user-friendly. ... I think it is better to get rid of this >> misfeature before this release: > > Why is it a "misfeature"? It seems harmless enough... I recall objections from Richard and Stefan about the unexpected behavior of C-f at the end of the minibuffer: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-07/msg00164.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-04/msg00578.html With the recent idea from Drew I now think than adding a new general keybinding `M-.' to every minibuffer (in the next release) to pull different things (characters, words, file names) is a good general replacement for this feature. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/