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bug#10148: 24.0.91; "pending" regexp Isearch
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#10148: 24.0.91; "pending" regexp Isearch |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:37:34 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> The message "pending" is not necessary for `isearch-fallback',
>> but it helps when using `isearch-toggle-regexp', `isearch-toggle-word'
>> and `isearch-toggle-case-fold' because they doesn't repeat the search
>> immediately and require an action from the user to find the next match
>> (like another `C-s').
>
> In this context "pending" makes sense, yes. So the problem is that
> "pending" is also used for the other case where it does not make sense.
This is still doubtful because when using an incomplete regexp like
`C-M-s i s \ |', "pending" still makes sense since Isearch is waiting
for the user to type an alternative search string.
Actually this situation is already described in (info "(emacs) Regexp Search"):
In some cases, adding characters to the regexp in an incremental
regexp search can make the cursor move back and start again. For
example, if you have searched for `foo' and you add `\|bar', the cursor
backs up in case the first `bar' precedes the first `foo'.
So it seems that Dani just wants to add a phrase like
and `Pending' appears in the search prompt
to the end of the first sentence cited above in the Info manual.
- bug#10148: 24.0.91; "pending" regexp Isearch,
Juri Linkov <=