RE: I-search: Clicking in minibuf during I-search fails.

[Drew Adams]

> I have run across what appears to be a bug in emacs-22.
>
> When i start an i-search (normal or regex) and try to click in the
> minibuffer the minibuf closes, the window is split and the *message*
> buffer is displayed.  There are no new messages desplayed in
> *messages*.
>
> I have not seen this behavior with the mini buffer in any other cases
> (such as replace).
>
> I cannot find any mention of this type of behavior online.
>
> GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
>  of 2007-10-04 on palmer, modified by Ubuntu
> (22.1-0ubuntu5)
>
> Running on Ubuntu 7.10 (2.6.22-14.41)

Isearch does not in fact use the minibuffer. It uses the echo area, which
occupies the same screen real estate.

Starting with Emacs 22, anytime you click in the echo area (not the
minibuffer), buffer *Messages* is displayed.

See the Isearch doc for how to interact with Isearch, including how to edit
a search string (which is presumably why you tried to click there).