Re: [j-devel] Annoying behaviour on incremental search

[Peter G. <pe...@ar...>]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 at 10:07:19 +0200, Olivier Imbert wrote:
> When searching thru incremental search, on Ctrl-G, I can search the
> next : this is perfect.
>
> ... But when I reach the good place, I naturally click on the text
> area to place the caret for editing ... and "J" go back on the place
> where I was before starting the search (i.e. where I type Ctrl-F).
>
> To stay on the reached place thru Ctrl-G, I have to type ENTER ... Do
> not seem ergonomic IMHO.
>
> Peter, do you understand what I mean ?

Hmmm...

When I try this, clicking in the edit window terminates the search and
puts the caret at the location of the click, which seems to be to be
the correct behavior.

The caret doesn't go back to the original location (i.e. before the
search) unless I click there.

Incremental search in emacs works exactly the same way (in this
respect).

Or am I missing your point?

In any case, you don't have to hit Enter, exactly, to terminate the
search (although Enter is fine, of course); you can also do cursor
left, or cursor right, or home, or end...

I still think maybe I'm missing your point.

-Peter