Re: Let's make C-M-w in isearch yank symbol, not delete character

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "DC" == Daniel Colascione <address@hidden> writes:

DC> Right now, C-w in search-mode yanks a word from the buffer and globs it
DC> onto the end of the search result. I usually want to search for symbols,
DC> not words, so I end up pressing C-w multiple times. C-M-w would be the
DC> natural keybinding for yanking a symbol instead of a word, but it's
DC> already taken by isearch-del-char. How about moving isearch-del-char
DC> somewhere else, like C-d, and making C-M-w yank a whole symbol?

This makes a lot more sense to me than have C-M-w delete a character...

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