[TxMt] Re: Getting out of incremental search

[Dave Carrigan]

On Apr 5, 2007, at 2:07 AM, Jacob Rus wrote:

> Dave Carrigan wrote:
>> On Apr 4, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
>>> On 5. Apr 2007, at 04:57, Mike Hostetler wrote:
>>>>> Anyway, you can use return or escape to get back into the  
>>>>> editing field.
>>>> Thanks.  I'd still like a cursor key, though. :)
>>>
>>> How? Like up/down? Generally up/down in text fields move to the  
>>> start/end of the string.
>> I would personally like ctrl-a, mostly because that's how I've  
>> been doing it in emacs for the last 15 years.
>
> You'll really have to clarify what you mean.  We're talking about  
> ways to get out of the incremental search field.

Yes I know - the subject of this thread was a big clue.

> In any Cocoa text view, ⌃a works just fine (including in TextMate).

I am also aware that emacs keybindings work in Cocoa text fields.

The difference between TextMate and Emacs is that in TextMate, the  
cursor movement keys move the cursor around inside of the isearch  
field. In emacs, cursor movement keys end the isearch and then move  
the cursor in the document.

As it happens, my finger memory seems to have ctrl-a ingrained for  
ending isearch, although I suspect that at times I would also use (or  
try to use) ctrl-b, f, e, p, and n or maybe even an actual arrow key.

Speaking for myself, I rarely want to edit an isearch field. Again,  
that's probably due to 15 years of emacs habits where isearch fields  
couldn't be edited even if I had wanted to. But the upshot is that I  
really miss the ability to end the isearch by moving the cursor.

-- 
Dave Carrigan
Seattle, WA, USA
dave at rudedog.org | http://www.rudeog.org




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