From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "23010@debbugs.gnu.org" <23010@debbugs.gnu.org>,
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Subject: bug#23010: 25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 16:34:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB54888982840269747307869DF3CB9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wneqwwb4.fsf@gnus.org>
> > This request is for a help key, to show the current state/modes of
> > Isearch. The info shown should include all of the possible toggle
> > states, such as case folding, whitespace folding, regexp/literal, and
> > char folding, as well as indicate the various toggle keys for these.
>
> I think this sound like it could be vaguely helpful. I've added Juri
> to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.
>
> I think the utility would be pretty marginal, though -- few users alter
> these things dynamically, but go with one single set of states most of
> the time.
Why do you think few users do so? We've added more
and more such change-state (e.g. toggle) keys over
time. And we generally try to indicate the current
state (e.g. in the mode-line).
If the state were more visible/available then maybe
more users would "alter these things dynamically"?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-12 16:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-14 15:28 bug#23010: 25.1.50; Isearch help key to indicate current search state/mode Drew Adams
2022-05-12 16:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-12 16:34 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-05-12 17:30 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-12 17:43 ` Drew Adams
2022-05-13 17:03 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-13 21:05 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-13 12:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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