Re: isearch question

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From: Roland McGrath
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 00:36

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GNU Emacs isearch does back up to the last match when you hit DEL.

Basically, each DEL undoes the previous keystroke.  If that key was a
random char you were searching for, it gets deleted from the search string,
and point moves back to the last match.  If that key was C-s (or C-r), it
backs up to the previous match (where you were before hitting C-s/C-r).

I must be missing something, because it sure sounds like you're asking for
exacty what's already there.
--
	Roland McGrath
	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
roland@ai.mit.edu, uunet!ai.mit.edu!roland

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