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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T22:30:45+00:00 2026-05-10T22:30:45+00:00

In Vim I can :set wrapscan so that when I do an incremental search,

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In Vim I can :set wrapscan so that when I do an incremental search, the cursor jumps to the first match whether the first match is above or below the cursor.

In Emacs, if I start a search via C-s, the search fails saying Failing I-search if the first match is above the cursor. If I hit C-s again it then wraps the search, saying Wrapped I-search. How do I wrap and jump the cursor by default as in Vim, without having to C-s a second time?

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  1. 2026-05-10T22:30:45+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 10:30 pm

    The easiest way to do this is to use the following defadvice:

    (defadvice isearch-repeat (after isearch-no-fail activate)   (unless isearch-success     (ad-disable-advice 'isearch-repeat 'after 'isearch-no-fail)     (ad-activate 'isearch-repeat)     (isearch-repeat (if isearch-forward 'forward))     (ad-enable-advice 'isearch-repeat 'after 'isearch-no-fail)     (ad-activate 'isearch-repeat))) 

    When Isearch fails, it immediately tries again with wrapping. Note that it is important to temporarily disable this defadvice to prevent an infinite loop when there are no matches.

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