From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 13592@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13592: 24.2.92; C-s prompts with "Multi I-search:" today
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:46:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fw1favzo.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehgz7ga9.fsf@mail.jurta.org>
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
> Cc: 13592@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:44:06 +0200
>
> Multi-node I-search in the Info reader already doesn't show "Multi",
> it is identical to a simple search until it's about to cross
> to the next Info node.
>
> Multi-file I-search could do the same. What I'm trying to understand is
> the logic of showing "Multi" and should it be customizable?
My take of it is that we should show "Multi" when the user requested
that explicitly.
> What you want is possible to do by the following patch
> that will show the prefix only when the user explicitly
> invokes multi-isearch. And customizability of the I-search
> prompt was recently discussed in bug#12988.
Works for me, thanks.
> 2. The documentation could be improved with something like this:
>
> === modified file 'doc/emacs/search.texi'
> --- doc/emacs/search.texi 2013-01-03 00:36:36 +0000
> +++ doc/emacs/search.texi 2013-02-01 23:43:52 +0000
> @@ -1375,6 +1375,22 @@ (@pxref{Repetition}).
> This command is just like @code{multi-isearch-buffers}, except it
> performs an incremental regexp search.
>
> +@item M-x multi-isearch-files
> +Prompt for one or more file names, ending with @key{RET}; then,
> +begin a multi-file incremental search in those files. (If the
> +search fails in one file, the next @kbd{C-s} tries searching the
> +next specified file, and so forth.) With a prefix argument, prompt
> +for a regexp and begin a multi-file incremental search in files
> +matching that regexp.
> +
> +@item M-x multi-isearch-files-regexp
> +This command is just like @code{multi-isearch-files}, except it
> +performs an incremental regexp search.
> +
> +In some modes that set the buffer-local variable
> +@code{multi-isearch-next-buffer-function} (e.g., in Change Log mode)
> +a multi-file incremental search is activated automatically.
I would suggest to describe the "Multi I-search" prompt where this is
discussed. Otherwise, this doc change is fine with me, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-02 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-30 18:49 bug#13592: 24.2.92; C-s prompts with "Multi I-search:" today Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-30 19:08 ` Drew Adams
2013-01-31 0:34 ` Juri Linkov
2013-01-31 3:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-31 23:58 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-01 7:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-01 23:44 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-02 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-11-09 19:20 ` Juri Linkov
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