Since there seems to be an interest in isearch-mode.el right now, I'll ask a question I asked a long time ago - anybody know why using history with isearch is broken? For example, try this: run xemacs -q clear scratch buffer with C-_ enter 'a b c a b c a b c <RET>' isearch for a from beginning of buffer (M-< C-s a) stop isearch, then isearch for b (M-< C-s b) stop isearch, then isearch for c (M-< C-s c) stop isearch, then isearch for c again, using M-p to recall it, search for it twice, second time it starts looking for b instead of c (M-< C-s M-p M-p M-p C-s C-s) I've tried a couple of times (half-heartedly, I admit) to debug it, but haven't had much success other than it looks like the search-ring and search-ring-yank-pointer get out of sync at some point... The vanilla Emacs 20.4 isearch.el doesn't suffer from this, I noted, but they were enough different that it didn't really help me figure it out. Anyone have any ideas? Chuck -- Charles K. Hines <chuck_hines(a)vnet.ibm.com&gt; <hinesc(a)us.ibm.com&gt; IBM Logic Synthesis Developer [BooleDozer (TM)] Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis and Balintawak Escrima] "Go back to sleep, Chuck. You're just havin' a nightmare -- of course, we ARE still in Hell." (Gary Larson)