From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24458 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2002 16:23:05 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Jun 2002 16:23:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 18133 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2002 16:23:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 17338 Received: (qmail 18119 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2002 16:23:00 -0000 X-VirusChecked: Checked cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk In-reply-to: From: Oliver Kiddle References: To: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Menu selection MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <14887.1024590150.1@logica.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:22:32 +0100 Sender: kiddleo@logica.com Message-Id: On 20 Jun, you wrote: > > The binding of backspace to undo is not ideal when cycling between > > matches because it goes back through the matches before removing > > characters off the end of the search string. > > That is, of course, how emacs isearch mode works -- so you can back up if I see that it is also what history-incremental-search-backward does which is perhaps a better reference point than emacs. > you are pounding C-s and pound it right on past where you really meant to > stop. What is it that you would prefer? I would prefer it to go straight to chopping off the last character of the search string. Hitting C-r allows you to back up if needed so I'd use that. Perhaps we could have a separate widget for to two options. Oliver This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.