Re: isearch doesn't seem to set mark where search began

[Juri Linkov]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
> A lot of folks are doing this now:
>
> (add-hook 'isearch-mode-end-hook 'my-goto-match-beginning)
> (defun my-goto-match-beginning ()
>   (when isearch-forward (goto-char isearch-other-end)))
>
> If you end with Control-g, point is left at the beginning of the last
> find. You would like to be able to do C-x C-x to return to the search
> start.
>
> If you end with, say, RET or C-b, no problem. The behavior should
> consistently set mark at the search start point, provided point is
> different.

The behavior you described is already implemented in `isearch-done'
even if the search is ended with C-g, but it doesn't work for the
case where the point is changed in `isearch-mode-end-hook' because
this hook is run too late.

I think the code for pushing the mark should be moved below the
`(run-hooks 'isearch-mode-end-hook)':

Index: lisp/isearch.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/isearch.el,v
retrieving revision 1.240
diff -u -r1.240 isearch.el
--- lisp/isearch.el     13 Sep 2004 08:18:22 -0000      1.240
+++ lisp/isearch.el     2 Oct 2004 20:08:28 -0000
@@ -680,16 +680,7 @@
     (if isearch-small-window
        (goto-char found-point)
       ;; Exiting the save-window-excursion clobbers window-start; restore it.
-      (set-window-start (selected-window) found-start t))
-
-    ;; If there was movement, mark the starting position.
-    ;; Maybe should test difference between and set mark iff > threshold.
-    (if (/= (point) isearch-opoint)
-       (or (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
-           (progn
-             (push-mark isearch-opoint t)
-             (or executing-kbd-macro (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
-                 (message "Mark saved where search started"))))))
+      (set-window-start (selected-window) found-start t)))
 
   (setq isearch-mode nil)
   (if isearch-input-method-local-p
@@ -714,6 +705,16 @@
       (isearch-update-ring isearch-string isearch-regexp))
 
   (run-hooks 'isearch-mode-end-hook)
+
+  ;; If there was movement, mark the starting position.
+  ;; Maybe should test difference between and set mark iff > threshold.
+  (if (/= (point) isearch-opoint)
+      (or (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
+          (progn
+            (push-mark isearch-opoint t)
+            (or executing-kbd-macro (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
+                (message "Mark saved where search started")))))
+
   (and (not edit) isearch-recursive-edit (exit-recursive-edit)))
 
 (defun isearch-update-ring (string &optional regexp)

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/