From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 10542@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10542: 24.0.92; `Search' field in Customize
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:36:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <890A57BEB312490092985FB6F1CD81FA@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehuld2b5.fsf@gnu.org>
> > This search field is unlike any search field a user has seen before
> > (at least this user): whitespace, particularly whitespace
> > at the field beginning and end, is significant (searched for).
>
> Please provide a precise step-by-step recipe for reproducing
> the problem you have in mind, starting from emacs -Q.
I did that:
> click the mouse somewhere in the middle or at the end of
> the search field, type a word/symbol, and click `Search',
> only to see "No matches".
Since that and the other descriptions I gave of the problem are apparently not
enough, let me try again.
1. emacs -Q
2. M-x customize-option <ANY OPTION YOU LIKE>
3. Click mouse-1 somewhere past the beginning of the Search field.
4. Type `link' or some other substring of an option name.
Resulting message:
"No customizable items matching link"
This is clearly unusual and unexpected behavior - and unexplained.
As I said, this is clearly a feature - good, not bad. But it needs to be made
clear to the user. I proposed some ways in which that could be done.
Most users are not used to whitespace, particularly leading and trailing
whitespace, being significant in a search field, without the use of delimiters
such as quotes.
Additionally, any no-hit message should clearly delimit the search string: wrap
it in `...' or highlight it or something, to set it off from the message text
that refers to it. The search string is, in fact, being quoted without any
quote indication.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-27 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-18 17:35 bug#10542: 24.0.92; `Search' field in Customize Drew Adams
2012-01-27 7:36 ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-27 16:36 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-01-28 1:15 ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-28 3:06 ` Drew Adams
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