Re: isearch and region ?

[Damien Wyart]

Hi,

Even if it is true from a design perspective, there are alternative
solutions, as you can read here:
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/31320/selecting-i-e-as-the-region-the-current-match-in-incremental-search


Regards

Damien


On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary
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> I would like to know why isearch has been designed so that it does not create 
> a region with the matching string. The thing that appears in the buffer looks 
> like a region, but it is not, and that keeps the user from immediately 
> interacting with the matching string (deleting, overwriting, killing or 
> yanking, etc.)
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
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> @brandelune http://mac4translators.blogspot.com
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