Re: Point at beginning of search pattern incompatible with M-p

[Juri Linkov]

> I had, for some time, the following code in my .emacs.
>
> The goal: always exit searches at the beginning of the expression found.
>
>   (add-hook 'isearch-mode-end-hook 'custom-goto-match-beginning)
>
>   (defun custom-goto-match-beginning ()
>     "Use with isearch hook to end search at first char of match."
>     (when isearch-forward (goto-char isearch-other-end)))
>
> Problem: when I want to reuse earlier search strings (with the command `M-p'),
> I get the following error:
> [...]
> Can this be fixed somehow, to enjoy both features (exiting searches at the
> beginning of the expression, and reusing earlier search strings) together?

I for one have this code in ~/.emacs that could help you to do what you want:

(define-key isearch-mode-map [(control return)] 'isearch-exit)
;; C-RET doesn't add the current search string to the search ring
;; and moves point to the beginning of the found search string.
(add-hook 'isearch-mode-end-hook
          (lambda ()
            ;; Exiting isearch with C-RET
            (when (eq last-input-event 'C-return)
              ;; Move point to the beginning of the found search string
              (if (and isearch-forward isearch-other-end)
                  (goto-char isearch-other-end))
              ;; Don't add the current search string to the search ring
              (if isearch-regexp
                  (setq regexp-search-ring (cdr regexp-search-ring))
                (setq search-ring (cdr search-ring))))))

Not sure about turning this into some configurable options.