bug#9185: 24.0.50; "C-s M-p" does not bring the tip of the search ring

[Dani Moncayo]

> You exaggerate the importance of the problem.  When I noticed this small
> inconsistency

The inconsistency may be small, but you agree that there exists.

> I still continued to use isearch without any inconvenience.

I think that a (small) inconsistency should provoke a (small) inconvenience.

> So the only reason to change it is for the consistency with `C-s M-e M-p'
> that has its own problems.  The main problem is that when you retrieve
> the previous search string with `C-s C-s', then typing `M-p' will not have
> a visible effect, because `M-p' will retrieve the previous search string
> and the same string is already used as the current search string.

If that is the resulting behavior, it is indeed a problem, but a small
one IMO.  Since `C-s C-s' retrieves the first entry from the search
ring, `M-p' should retrieve the _previous_ one, i.e., the second.

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Dani Moncayo