bug#6232: Suggestion for isearch: in backward search yank to front of search string

[Andreas Schwab]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

> Yanking to the end of the search string in isearh (i.e. C-w etc.) is
> very practical. However I miss yanking to the front of the search
> string.
>
> My suggestion is to change the semantics a bit and yank to the front
> of the search string when searching backwards. What do you think?

Such a feature should definitely be on a separate key.

Andreas.

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