From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bogus binding of C-w in isearch editing mode Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <873agnsk1q.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <874p13r3kl.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229492873 26617 80.91.229.12 (17 Dec 2008 05:47:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 06:48:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LCpHG-0007wQ-DY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:48:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39804 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCpG1-00032f-Rh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCpFu-0002xz-DU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCpFr-0002tG-Tl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46547 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCpFr-0002sw-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:8500 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LCpFm-0004fk-8W; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:26 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EAPogSEnO+J7J/2dsb2JhbACBbLpwV5FDgn+BOA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.36,235,1228107600"; d="scan'208";a="31152388" Original-Received: from 206-248-158-201.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.158.201]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Dec 2008 00:47:23 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DFEAAB4060; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:47:24 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:12:05 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:106996 Archived-At: >> This was intended for a gradual transition from the old word-search binding >> to the normal kill-region binding (declaring it obsolete in the next release >> and rebinding it in another release). > That's reasonable enough in the normal isearch interaction loop, > but not in isearch _editing mode_. > In editing mode isearch simply shouldn't be binding C-w at all. You're right, but C-w in edit mode was IIUC the only way to switch to word-search (!?!). I wouldn't mind switch to a normal C-w, personally. Stefan