Re: Searching for the same text, in the same sessions but in a different window

[Andreas Röhler]

jrocha wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have recently started using emacs in the Linux environment. I am using
> emacs version 21.3.1 on a SUSE SP1 install of Linux. This is the version
> used by our company, and I don't get to control the Linux version.
> 
> Anyway, I use emacs quite a bit on Solaris platforms and the functionality I
> was use to was as follows:
> 
> 1. Use emacs to view a text file.
> 
> 2. Move the cursor to the beginning of a word I want to search for, hit
> CTRL-S to start the search and then CTRL-W to expand the search for the
> whole word.
> 
> 3. At this point I can CTRL-S through the file in this window and search for
> this selected word.
> 
> 4. Next I use CTRL-X 5 2 to open a new window, and in that window I open a
> different text file.
> 
> 5. At this point I can do CTRL-S to search for the string I was looking for
> back in step 3,in the first file.
> 
> 6. I start a NEW search in this second window for some other string. Using
> the same method. CTRL-S to start the search, CTRL-W to search for the word,
> etc. This is done in window #2.
> 
> 7. Now, if I go back to window #1 and invoke CTRL-S in the old window, I
> want to search for the new string in the old (#1) window too.
> 
> This works fine in my Solaris emacs, but this is not the behavior in Linux
> emacs. In Linux emacs, it remembers my OLD search string and searches for
> that instead. Its like the search string is relevant to the window. I don't
> want the Linux behavior.
> 
> I've tried looking through options, but I haven't stumbled across any
> settings to adjust this behavior.
> 
> Does anyone know if this is a limation of Emacs on Linux, or is it
> controllable by customization?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -=John


Hi,

with GNU Emacs 23.1.92.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2010-02-19 
 on Suse10.3
behaviour is as you described at Solaris.

Have a look if/how  isearch related variables are customized or set local.

Andreas