On 11.04.2016 16:25, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Apr 11,  6:16am, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> } Subject: Re: [PATCH] Expose isearch and suffix regions to widgets.
> }
> } m0viefreak wrote on Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 15:10:39 +0200:
> } > ISEARCH_ACTIVE does not describe the fact that the minibuffer is active,
> } > but the fact that a pattern that was typed in there does actually
> } > matches the BUFFER.
> } 
> } Rename the shell parameter, then?
> 
> ISEARCH_MATCH ?  (I wonder if, like $MATCH, it could contain the actual
> matched string, instead of merely being a boolean.)


I think ISEARCH_MATCH would be the ideal name, if the matched string was
exposed, but I haven't found a simple way to do that.

On the other hand, I would also like to keep the _ACTIVE part at the
end, to keep all four of those special parameters named similarly:

{YANK,SUFFIX,REGION,ISEARCH}_ACTIVE

What do you think of ISEARCHMATCH_{ACTIVE,START,END}?

That would still reflect that it's merely a boolean flag, while still
keeping the semantic that it describes the match.