(defvar minibuffer-history-symbol) ;; from external package gmhist.el
+(defun isearch-fail-pos ()
+ "Position of first mismatch in search string, or its length if none."
+ (let ((cmds isearch-cmds))
+ (if (and isearch-success (not isearch-error))
+ (length isearch-message)
+ (while (or (not (isearch-success-state (car cmds)))
+ (isearch-error-state (car cmds)))
+ (pop cmds))
+ (let ((succ-msg (and cmds (isearch-message-state (car cmds)))))
+ (if (and (stringp succ-msg)
+ (< (length succ-msg) (length isearch-message))
+ (equal succ-msg
+ (substring isearch-message 0 (length succ-msg))))
+ (length succ-msg)
+ 0)))))
+
(defun isearch-edit-string ()
"Edit the search string in the minibuffer.
The following additional command keys are active while editing.
(setq isearch-new-string
(read-from-minibuffer
(isearch-message-prefix nil nil isearch-nonincremental)
- isearch-string
+ (cons isearch-string (1+ (isearch-fail-pos)))
minibuffer-local-isearch-map nil
(if isearch-regexp
(cons 'regexp-search-ring