Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr> writes:
> > Is this by design?
>
> Yes. C-g cancels the incremental search, which means that it
> backs up the point to where it was, and forgets the old search
> string.
Can you give me an example where that would be useful.
No idea, but that's what FSF does, and I copied it intentionally. I
suppose we could ask RMS.