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After using C-sC-w or C-s to search I can't abort the search with C-g. Although I see the Quit message in the mini-buffer yet the point/cursor doesn't go back to it's initial position nor is the isearch quitting.

I tried testing this in emacs -q and then evaled my entire init.el piece by piece, but it didn't affect isearch's functionality.

Even tried evaling the entire isearch.el but that too didn't fix the issue.

How can I fix this issue?

Emacs version: GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600) of 2013-03-18 on MARVIN

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State your Emacs build: do at least M-x emacs-version. If it is a development snapshot from the last month or so, then know that there was a period where certain control chars did not exit Isearch. If that is your case, then upgrade to a more recent snapshot (the regression was fixed).

If that does not apply to your case, then (since you say that your init file has no bearing on the problem), try to give a clear, step by step recipe, starting from emacs -Q. If things are actually as you describe them, then this would be an Emacs bug. If you think that is the case, then use M-x report-emacs-bug to provide your recipe to Emacs Dev.

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  • The thing is I restarted Emacs and the problem's no more there. Emacs version added.
    – Bleeding Fingers
    Dec 30, 2013 at 5:42
  • Thx for the update. It's good to let people know that, so they don't waste time trying to figure out the problem. You can even post your own "rebooted" answer as an answer, and accept it if it is the best answer. That way, the question is closed and people won't bother with it.
    – Drew
    Dec 30, 2013 at 6:24
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Although I have no clue as to what could have gone wrong, but a simple Emacs restart solved the issue.

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