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Re: emacs 19 new isearch

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From: Joel M. Hoffman
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:33
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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)
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