From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `s' (regex) search [was Re: Info enhancements] Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:42:50 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87smk4zuvv.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070444769 1128 80.91.224.253 (3 Dec 2003 09:46:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 10:46:07 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARTaB-00070P-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:46:07 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARTaA-0005cS-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:46:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARUV6-0005J3-PF for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:44:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARUV1-0005Iu-T5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:44:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARUUV-0005C8-4M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARUUU-0005Bv-Qi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:44:18 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARTX3-0008RR-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:42:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARTX1-0008RJ-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:42:51 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARTX1-0000CQ-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:42:51 +0100 Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QkU3lQRClFYmQ4hSbQXLHcLkEkk= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18311 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18311 Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Harry Putnam >> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:54:40 -0600 >> >> Of course the index search is the first line of attack but after that >> I rely on emacs info reader's `s' (regex) search. > > The Emacs manual suggests quite a few ways of searching the docs > using additional commands, before you even get to `s'. > >> I wondered why this is not part of standalone info reader. > > FWIW, I never needed that in Info. Being an experienced programmer and developer may have left you with a much better idea of what to look for and how to do it. But I have found consistently over the last several years that the `s' search requires less knowledge on my part to find what I need. Right down to the patterns that are found in a snippet of code or the like. If only one search method were allowed I'd opt for `s'.