bug#14742: 24.3.50; enhancement request: be able to prepend stuff from buffer when search backward

[Juri Linkov]

>> Stefan had some further comments about the amount of code left in
>> isearch-other-meta-char, but since the code alters several variables
>> local to that function, the proposed solution for that looked (to me) a
>> lot less understandable than Juri's patch.
>>
>> But it seemed like everybody agreed that the feature was good, so
>> perhaps it should be applied now?  It probably needs some documentation,
>> though.
>
> From my point of view, separate, smaller changes are
> better, as that will make it easier to adapt my code
> in isearch+.el.  IOW, if this were done in stages,
> especially any heavy refactoring, that would be helpful.

I agree that smaller changes are better.  So first we need
to decide whether every proposed feature is useful for many users,
then implement it in the most compact and elegant way.