From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: how to control isearch for invisible text Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:02:20 +0200 Message-ID: <85mza94qhv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155416578 12525 80.91.229.2 (12 Aug 2006 21:02:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 12 23:02:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GC0d9-0002eB-Nk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:02:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GC0d5-0005QZ-U9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GC0cr-0005MO-Ou for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GC0cr-0005Kv-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GC0cq-0005Kk-W3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GC0iH-0006tj-UY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:08:10 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GC0cq-0003YC-1j; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:32 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 25F9B1C4D3AD; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:02:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:54:15 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:58334 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > There is no implementation difficulty. It is not useful to search for > text that is not part of the visible buffer and can't become so > without changing its properties. > > You're just repeating here that you don't see the usefulness. I ask > why it wouldn't be useful, and you answer only "It is not useful." You are arguing for an invasive change. Please describe a concrete actual situation you have encountered where it would actually be useful. Up to now, you just provided generic handwaving. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum