Christian Brabandt wrote: > Hi Yegappan! > > On Fr, 29 Jul 2016, Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote: > >> Hi Christian, >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org> >> wrote: >>> On Do, 28 Jul 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >>> >>>> I think it should. Most users will have 'wrapscan' on, since it is the >>>> default. If someone switches it off he must have a reason for it. >>> okay, fixed with the latest version >>> >> I tested the latest patch and the confirmed that the problems I reported >> earlier >> are fixed. I saw some new issues. Take the following text: >> >> 1 >> 2 these >> 3 the >> 4 their >> 5 there >> 6 their >> 7 the >> 8 them >> 9 these >> >> The cursor is in line 1 and I have 'nowrapscan' set. I search for "the" and >> press CTRL-N 7 times and "the" in "these" is highlighted. Now I press >> CTRL-L to copy "s" and then erase it. Now if I press CTRL-P, I expect >> that the cursor will move to line 8. Instead the cursor moves to line 7. >> >> Another problem: Place the cursor in line 1. Enter "/thes" and then press >> CTRL-N. The "thes" in line 9 is highlighted. Now if you press backspace, >> the cursor jumps back to line 3. I expected that the cursor will remain >> in line 9. > Thanks, will look at these and add some tests. > >> I think, the CTRL-N and CTRL-P should respect the search direction. >> For example, if I search a pattern using "?text", pressing CTRL-N >> should search backwards. Currently CTRL-N always searches >> forward (irrespective of the search direction). Note that this is >> different from how "n" and "N" work. > Please don't make me do this. Currently the inconsistent search > direction is one of my biggest annoyances of Vim. I really really really > hate it, that I can't rely on the fact that N searches backwards and n > forward. > > (I even made a patch, to make this configurable > https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-mq-patches/blob/master/cpo-N > and this is one of the reasons, I made gn always search forward). > That's because, Christian, you keep your eyes on the front of your head. You need to move them to back of your head occasionally, and that way you'll get used to the idea. :)
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