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bug#43569: 28.0.50; Menu "Continue Tags Search" signals an error


From: Drew Adams
Subject: bug#43569: 28.0.50; Menu "Continue Tags Search" signals an error
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:10:50 -0700 (PDT)

> > I call the menu item for [tags-repl-continue]
> > "Continue Search/Replace", with :help "Continue last
> > tags search or replace operation".
> >
> > It's incorrect to say that it continues the last tags
> > replace operation.  It continues the last tags search
> > or replace operation.  If the last tags operation was
> > `tags-search' and not `tags-query-replace', then it
> > continues the last search, not the last replace.
> 
> That is factually correct, but I think the current menus
> confusing to newbies than your proposal are less.

I won't argue about it, but I think that as soon as a
user tries tags-searching and then tries to go back to
continue a tags query-replace, s?he will be mightily
surprised.  Likewise, trying to go back to continue a
tags search after having last done a tags query-replace.

That's exactly how I discovered this.

If we had separate "continue" commands, at least from
the menus, then this wouldn't be a gotcha.

I do agree that simply having a menu item or help echo
that refers to continuing the last search or replace is
hardly the best remedy.  It would be good, I think, for
some remedy to be applied.





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