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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