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Re: automatic selection during search
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: automatic selection during search |
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Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:53:05 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.2941.1380216751.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> > > > the common sequence C-@ C-s ... *should* mark the
> > > > region from where you started to where the search completes.
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > It's fine for a given user to add such behavior via a hook, if s?he wants.
> > >
> > > But the behavior of extending the active region during Isearch should not
> > > be considered a bug. A priori, Isearch should make no decisions about
> > > changing the region activation. Leave it up to the user.
> >
> > But shouldn't the default behavior be consistent with cursor motion
> > commands? Either they all should extend the region or none should.
>
> Sorry, I don't quite understand what you are saying. Is it not the case that
> Isearch is consistent with cursor motion commands? To me, it seems to be.
Me, too. I thought the OP said it wasn't for him, but it was actually
someone else responding. He wrote:
> My use case is: I copy something to clipboard and want to teleport to
> a different place and paste it there. When I use usual cursor movement
> keys (arrows, PgUp/Dn) the selection is deactivated so I expect C-s to
> behave similarly.
> (Yes, I use cua-mode and transient-mark-mode and CUA terminology and
> arrow keys for navigation.)
So I'm guessing cua-mode changes the behavior of the cursor movement
commands, but not C-s.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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- RE: automatic selection during search, (continued)
- RE: automatic selection during search, Drew Adams, 2013/09/25
- Re: automatic selection during search, Yuri Khan, 2013/09/25
- Re: automatic selection during search, Peter Dyballa, 2013/09/26
- Re: automatic selection during search, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/26
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- Re: automatic selection during search, Barry Margolin, 2013/09/26
- RE: automatic selection during search, Drew Adams, 2013/09/26
- Re: automatic selection during search, Yuri Khan, 2013/09/26
- Re: automatic selection during search, Stefan Monnier, 2013/09/26
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- Re: automatic selection during search, Barry Margolin, 2013/09/26
- RE: automatic selection during search, Drew Adams, 2013/09/26
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- Re: automatic selection during search,
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- Re: automatic selection during search, Peter Dyballa, 2013/09/26
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Re: automatic selection during search, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/09/25
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Re: automatic selection during search, bjvilfan, 2013/09/27