On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:52 AM,  <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote:
> X-debbugs-Cc: bug-b...@gnu.org
> Package: readline-common
> Version: 6.2+dfsg-0.1
>
> Do this:
> C-r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...
>
> You will see on your screen
>
> (reverse-i-search)`1234':
>
> or you will see more or less digits depending on your history.
>
> The point is sooner or later the digits won't reflect what the actual
> current search string is!
>
> There is NO POINT in not showing those digits.
>
> Plus one has to hit Backspace several times until we get back to the
> real digits shown.
>
> You are already ringing the bell. The user gets the message.
>
> Go ahead and try the same thing in emacs. Does it act that way? Do you
> wish it should act that way?
>
Actually emacs does the same thing on incremental search (unless
something changed recently)


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