"Kai Großjohann" <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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> "CarlC" <carlc@snowbd.com> writes:
>
> > session stores search-ring as a global list of search strings. C-s
> > C-s works from the last string in this global list. I want to
> > remember the last search string for the individual file.
>
> Sounds like an interesting feature, but I don't think Emacs has it.
> Hm.  I can't find the variable that would hold the history for
> isearch.
>
> What happens if you do M-: (make-local-variable 'isearch-string) RET
> in a buffer?  Then C-s C-s in that buffer should remember the last
> search from that buffer, instead of the last search in any buffer.

I don't want to completely segregate search strings between buffers. When I
save a file, I want emacs to "remember" the latest search string so that
when I re-edit the file, C-s C-s will use that string. If I save one file
right after another, they would have the same search string saved. Seems
trivial, but is useful in our environment.