Re: [Usability] Re: Standardizing Find and Replace windows



Alan Horkan wrote:
: On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Dan Zlotnikov wrote:
: > If the search auto-wraps, on the other hand...
: >
: > 1) She finds no matches before the end of the file, sees a non-modal
: > message appear in the dialogue, saying something like "search wrapped to
: > beginning of file." She closes the dialogue and continues working, nothing
: > wrong there.
: 
: I dont like the interruption of this message dialog, it is too intrusive
: but I do still need a clear indication of when the wrap has occured.
: If you are using Alt+F to find repeatedly rather than hitting return you
: have to move you hands to dismiss the message.
: At the same time I am not sure if only using a message in the status bar
: is clear enough.
: 

XEmacs shows, in this case, "Wrapped I-search: <something>" in the
minibuffer and do bell (of course audible bell can be muted and/or
visible bell can be used instead).  -- Very convenient for me behavior.

-- 
Andrew W. Nosenko    (awn bcs zp ua)



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