⌘E inconsistent highlighting on second invocation with same string

Bug report

• iTerm2 version: Build 3.5.0beta18
• OS version: Ventura 13.6.3
• Attach ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plistcom.googlecode.iterm2.plist
• Attach a debug log, if possible: N/A

Detailed steps to reproduce the problem

1. open new iTerm widow of around 25 rows in height
2. do not have a search window open (i.e. no ⌘F mini window)
3. do ls -l on a directory with 15 or so files
4. select one of the date months where there's more than one, e.g. Dec then ⌘E
5. do ls -l again
6. Selected the same string again (e.g. Dec) and then ⌘E again

What happened

Nothing changes on the second ⌘E invocation on the same selected string (Dec).

What should have happened

The additional Decs from the second ls -l should have been added to the original highlighted Decs. Moreover, this should happen on each ⌘E for whatever the last string used for ⌘E was even without double click selecting the same string again.

Its the current behavior of ⌘E only highlighting the current buffer (that is, not updating the highlights as new data is added like what happens when a ⌘F mini window is open) is very useful. But subsequent highlight updates of the current scroll buffer for whatever the last string used for ⌘E should also work.

Thank you for all the hard work!

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