From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search Date: 11 Jun 2004 10:35:44 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <86k6za1afm.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> <871xlfaat6.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <40ACEC27.6040401@yahoo.com> <87k6z2jjm5.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87pt8brhpf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87r7sma4o7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086943358 24682 80.91.224.253 (11 Jun 2004 08:42:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:42:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 11 10:42:33 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYhcP-0000OJ-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:42:33 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYhcP-0001ul-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:42:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYhd8-000330-EZ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYhcs-00032u-9J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYhcq-00032i-Ea for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:43:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYhcq-00032f-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:43:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BYhc1-0006xf-EY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 51529 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 08:35:28 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 08:35:28 -0000 Original-To: Juri Linkov In-Reply-To: <87r7sma4o7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24821 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24821 Juri Linkov writes: > C-M-w could be used as a key switching between word and character > modes, i.e. after typing C-M-w in isearch mode subsequent > C-w will pull a character and DEL will delete a character. > Another C-M-w will switch back to word mode with C-w and DEL > restoring their current meaning. > > However, this might be too complicated to be useful. I think so. > > So unless someone finds this idea worth considering further, > a simpler solution with C-M-y to pull and C-M-w to delete > a character will be installed. I think that is good enough. Those of us who want simpler bindings (that don't interfere with personal habits) can just make them ourselves. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk