Re: make `occur' use word at point as default

[David Kastrup]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

> FWIW (since you asked), here is my (singleton, heretical) opinion (again):
>
> 1. I prefer to access previous values ("search for the same thing again")
> via the history list - only. That's not what the default value is for, IMO.
> I agree with Emilio that the default value in the `occur' case should
> reflect the current word/symbol, not the last-used value. It's not hard to
> hit `M-p' to "search again".

I find that occur should probably heed an active transient region
(quoting its contents), but I don't think it a good idea to use stuff
from the buffer in other cases.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum