Variable: search-nonincremental-instead

search-nonincremental-instead is a customizable variable defined in isearch.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If non-nil, do a nonincremental search instead of exiting immediately.

This affects the behavior of isearch-exit and any key bound to that command: if this variable is nil, isearch-exit always exits the search; if the value is non-nil, and the search string is empty, isearch-exit starts a nonincremental search instead. (Actually, isearch-edit-string is called to let you enter the search string, and RET terminates editing and does a nonincremental search.)

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/isearch.el.gz
(defcustom search-nonincremental-instead t
  "If non-nil, do a nonincremental search instead of exiting immediately.
This affects the behavior of `isearch-exit' and any key bound to that
command: if this variable is nil, `isearch-exit' always exits the search;
if the value is non-nil, and the search string is empty, `isearch-exit'
starts a nonincremental search instead.  (Actually, `isearch-edit-string'
is called to let you enter the search string, and RET terminates editing
and does a nonincremental search.)"
  :type 'boolean)