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- From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman)
- Subject: Re: emacs 19 new isearch
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.143342.6708@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <FISCHER.92Dec16202935@vagtel.iesd.auc.dk> <1992Dec17.042735.18401@wam.umd.edu> <HUTTAR.92Dec17224709@hp750.itg.ti.com>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:33:42 GMT
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- In article <HUTTAR.92Dec17224709@hp750.itg.ti.com> huttar@hp750.itg.ti.com (Lars Huttar) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.042735.18401@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
- >> BTW, would M-< (ESC <) termianate a search? Now that I think of it,
- >> why not use C-space (set-mark) to terminate a search? When a search
- >> is terminated, the mark gets set anyway.
- >>
- >> -Joel
- >> (joel@wam.umd.edu)
- >
- >In the emacs-18.58 I'm using under X window system, miscellaneous
- >control characters terminate the search, including meta'd characters.
- >E.g. if I hit Alt-V, the search terminates and scroll-down is executed.
- >Will this still be possible with the emacs 19 new isearch?
-
- Yes, Alt-V terminates a search and scrolls, but ESC-V (which is
- supposed to be the same thing) terminates the search and inserts a
- `v.' Drives my crazy.
-
- -Joel
- (joel@wam.umd.edu)
-