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: `s' (regex) search [was Re: Info enhancements] Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:54:40 -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 1070425351 5811 80.91.224.253 (3 Dec 2003 04:22:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 04:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 05:22:29 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 1AROWz-0004HF-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:22:29 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AROWy-00082b-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:22:28 +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 1ARPTX-0005fZ-Mq for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:22:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARPTC-0005fE-Gs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:22:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARPSf-0005TR-Ko for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:22:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARPSf-0005TN-AB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:22:05 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AROVD-0005tW-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:20:39 +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 1ARO66-0005jc-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 04:54:42 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARO66-0000w8-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 04:54:42 +0100 Original-Lines: 21 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:nx1k29V9apU5ldIbpRnV4VcmZUw= 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:18302 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18302 Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes: > On Mon, Dec 01 2003, Juri Linkov wrote: > >> - rebind `M-s' key to a new function `Info-search-next' that searches >> for another occurrence of regular expression from a previous >> `Info-search' command (key `s'). Pressing only one key to repeat >> a search is more convenient than pressing two keys (`s RET'). This comment must be about reading info inside emacs ... right? I think it needs to be said somewhere in this discussion that a regex search needs to be added to the standalone info reader. A regex search is much more usefull in my opinion, than a string match search. Of course the index search is the first line of attack but after that I rely on emacs info reader's `s' (regex) search. I wondered why this is not part of standalone info reader. Is it difficult to add? If its possible, can it also be added to the new formats now under discussion?