Re: placing cursor at *start* of match in incremental search

[Maciej Kalisiak]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:58:46AM +0200, Ittay Dror wrote:
> here are my 2c:
> (defadvice isearch-search (after put-cursor-at-beginning last act)
>   (if isearch-success (goto-char (match-beginning 0))))
> 
> (defadvice isearch-repeat (before put-cursor-at-end first act)
>   (goto-char  (match-end 0)))
> 
> this will put the cursor at the start of the search *while* searching.
> seems less confusing to me.

Very cool!  This is now my favourite. :) Although, is there any way to prevent
the flashing when typing in more letters?  As I add additional characters to
the search, after each one all the current matches are erased, and after a
small, but quite visible delay, the new ones show up... the default isearch
doesn't do that.  Minor point, but I might as well ask since I'm getting such
excellent suggestions. :)

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 Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." 
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