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Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search
Date: 20 May 2004 20:02:35 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50

Kevin Rodgers <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>  > Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>  >>There is no doubt that functions to modify the search
>  >>string character-wise should have dedicated key bindings.
>  >>But it became apparent that C-f and C-b are quite intrusive.
>  >>Luckily, C-M-w and C-M-y are no less convenient to type,
>  >
>  > Disagree.  On many keyboards you have no Meta key, and even on those
>  > that do, you need two hands to reach that combination.
>  >
>  > I think that the search string modifying is more important feature
>  > than search exiting via C-f and C-b.
> 
> "Hi, my name is Kevin and I use C-f and C-b to exit isearch."
> 
> Since incremental search is a mode, how about C-c C-f and C-c C-b?

While multiple keypresses of that still require much more action than
C-f and C-b, I guess I could live with that.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum




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