On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:46:42 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your idea of using a prefix > > looks better. We could have the following prefixes: > > Again: I don't like the left-right jump of the minibuffer caused by > that. If there really is a need for that kind of information, can't > we put this in the mode-line lighter of Isearch mode? > > Like Isearch/Wrapped, Isearch/X-Node...
It's a trade-off: having it in the I-search prompt make sure that the user sees it; having in the mode-line is much less sure. I think that `incidental information' (like a node name etc) is not important enough to put in the I-search prompt, and that your concern about the jumping around is valid there. However I think that these various states of "wrapping" &c are _very_ important to communicate -- it can be extremely confusing for a user if I-search is finding stuff and he doesn't realize that it's in the other direction than he originally searched, or in another info node. [I say this from personal experience :-] So while your concern is valid, I think these state-indicators should definitely be included in the prompt -- they're far too critical to leave out. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
