Re: [External] : Re: [WIP PATCH] Controlling Isearch from the minibuffer

[Stefan Monnier]

> You can think of my patch as (1) adding lazy highlight/count and an M-s
> prefix to the good old M-e, which is indeed a bit of work,

[ Sorry I haven't followed this thread very closely, so just a comment
  from the sidelines: ]

I don't know what this `M-s` thingy refers to, but I for one would very
much welcome lazy highlighting during the `M-e` minibuffer editing.

> and (2) adding the entirely optional minibuffer-controlled UI which
> only takes a dozen of extra lines to implement.

I don't know what impacts it might have on the UI, but I've often wished
(from an implementation point of view) that Isearch used an actual plain
old minibuffer rather than mimicking one (which doesn't necessary mean
it'd be a good idea either, just that it would have some benefits and
that the downsides were not as immediately apparent ;-).


        Stefan