From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch@yahoo.com>
Cc: 12986@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12986: Pressing backspace during isearch exits case-sensitive and word modes
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:15:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9u1jqzh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354124058.21763.YahooMailClassic@web141103.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (Kelly Dean's message of "Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:34:18 -0800 (PST)")
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>> <backspace> (isearch-delete-char) restores the previous search state.
>> If you want just to remove the last character from the search string,
>> you can type `C-M-w' (isearch-del-char).
> Sorry for the mistaken bug report. But it still seems to be a UI
> inconsistency: although the described behavior happens for word mode and
> case-insensitivity mode, it doesn't happen for regex mode, which it what
> led me to believe it was a bug for the first two. If it's supposed to
> happen for the first two, then shouldn't it happen for all three?
Good point. `isearch-delete-char' (that uses `isearch-pop-state')
restores word mode but not regexp mode. This looks like
unaccountable inconsistency. Perhaps it should restore
regexp mode as well.
Case-insensitivity is already restored when you type <backspace>
but you can't see this because it has no indication in the prompt.
Maybe it should momentarily flash a case sensitivity indicator
when you type <backspace> like it does when you type `M-c'
(but only when <backspace> changes the state of case-insensitivity).
The recently added `isearch-lax-whitespace' could be saved/restored too.
For customizability a new user option could be added to define a list
of search states that the user wants to keep on the isearch stack.
next parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-28 23:15 UTC|newest]
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2012-11-28 23:15 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2013-06-02 9:49 ` bug#12986: Pressing backspace during isearch exits case-sensitive and word modes Juri Linkov
2020-10-13 2:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-10 11:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-11 17:56 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-11 11:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2023-10-01 2:07 ` Stefan Kangas
2012-11-25 1:55 Kelly Dean
2012-11-25 9:32 ` Juri Linkov
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