From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-g from Isearch Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:08:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87txuc4x9p.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1349197756 27301 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2012 17:09:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 17:09:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Drew Adams , Dani Moncayo To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 02 19:09:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TJ5xj-0007L5-H7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:08:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50291 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJ5xd-00029b-1b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:08:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35588) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJ5xW-00029L-Hk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:08:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJ5xV-0000e6-Hy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:08:38 -0400 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:50532 helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TJ5xV-0000dy-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:08:37 -0400 Original-Received: from spindle.srvr.nix (nix@spindle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.15]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q92H8Yd8030798; Tue, 2 Oct 2012 18:08:34 +0100 Emacs: anything free is worth what you paid for it. In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:06:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-wuwien-Metrics: spindle 1290; Body=5 Fuz1=5 Fuz2=5 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 81.187.191.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:153932 Archived-At: On 2 Oct 2012, Stefan Monnier said: >> And I, like Nix, don't like the second case. I would like C-g to >> _always_ cancel the Isearch. >> So IMO this behavior should be configurable. > > I don't think the difference is terribly important, but a configuration > option for that is acceptable. Neither do I. Like I said, it is initially confusing and prone to seem like a bug, but is both documented and a useful behaviour for which no other keybinding is particularly obviously appropriate. -- NULL && (void)