Re: option to let isearch select the search target (in transient mark mode)

[Mathias Dahl]

> terminate the search with this option.  Thinking about this, I realize
> that I would get almost all the utility of this idea with just one command
> added to isearch which meant "exit and move point to start of match",

Isn't that what isearch does already? When exiting a successful
isearch with RET it says in the echo area:

 Mark saved where search started

And I can use this to delete the region or kill it or whatever.