From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `s' (regex) search [was Re: Info enhancements] Date: 03 Dec 2003 13:31:55 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87smk4zuvv.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070452015 14278 80.91.224.253 (3 Dec 2003 11:46:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 12:46:53 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 1ARVT3-0004Ra-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:46:53 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARVT3-0006wa-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:46:53 +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 1ARWNe-0006O7-IW for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:45:22 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARWD7-0004N4-4b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:34:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARWCa-0004ID-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:34:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARWA9-0003qI-AZ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:31:25 -0500 Original-To: Harry Putnam In-reply-to: (message from Harry Putnam on Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:42:50 -0600) 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:18312 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18312 > From: Harry Putnam > Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:42:50 -0600 > > 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. Not really, especially when I work with a manual for a tool that I don't use too regularly. > 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. Good indexing should require even less knowledge. All you need is to think about related words or phrases. > If only one search method were allowed I'd opt for `s'. Ah, but it's not the only method, so this is not the issue at point.