Re: Exposing Isearch toggleable options

[Artur Malabarba]

2015-10-29 9:29 GMT+00:00 Nicolas Petton <address@hidden>:
> John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>>>>>> Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Basically, as soon as isearch starts, you should see something like this.
>>> Toggles [M-s]: [w] Word OFF [_] Symbol OFF ['] Character-Fold ON [r] Regexp
>>> OFF I-search: search string here
>>
>> Artur, does this mean the I-search prompt would be two-lines high in the
>> minibuffer, instead of one-line? If so, I would definitely want a way to
>> disable it; if I already know the options, it shortens the text window for
>> documentation I wouldn't need.
>>
>> For new users, I'm not sure whether it should be on by default or not. It's
>> handy, for sure, but distracting maybe? I can't say without that mindset. I'd
>> love to hear from some users to see what they think.
>
> Hi,
>
> Magit displays all options for each Git action in a separate window,
> which I still find useful, even now that I know most of them.  The same
> goes for org-mode export, it is very handy.  I think this kind of
> usability improvements are worth it, even if they take a significant
> amount of screen space.

Good point about magit. I feel the same way.

> However, I'm afraid that with your changes Artur new users might think
> that these visible options are the only ones isearch supports.  I know I
> wouldn't look for more options than the one displayed when doing a Git
> operation with Magit.

Hm. If there's very little friction to this addition (which I don't
think will be the case), I could expand this with even more lines so
as to show all the options.