Re: Too much pita to paste into incremental regex search

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:44:27 -0800
> 
> > > > > I don't use the incremental regex search much but did have 
> > > > > need of it today.  And repeatedly.  I found it difficult to
> > > > > impossible to copy/paste to the prompt. As soon as you move
> > > > > the mouse, the prompt disappears.
> > > > 
> > > > It doesn't disappear for me, not in Emacs 24 anyway.  I 
> > > > can click the mouse in the minibuffer, then type C-y to
> > > > paste something I copied elsewhere.
> > > 
> > > Not if you click in a minibuffer on a different frame 
> > > (which includes the case of a standalone minibuffer).
> > > A `switch-frame' event causes Isearch to be cancelled.
> > > See Emacs bug #10037.
> > 
> > The OP didn't say anything that would imply he was using such
> > esoterica.
> 
> Wow.  Using more than one frame is "esoteric"?

No.  But using minibuffer frames is.

> Is it also esoteric if you use `M-w' to copy text from a buffer in one frame 
> and
> then use `M-y' (Emacs 24: `C-y') to yank it into Isearch in another frame?

This works for me.