From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Felix E. Klee" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: tags-loop-continue backwards? Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:31:05 +0100 Message-ID: <1204043465.18951.1239218869@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <4c90d2f3-ddce-42c2-8d6b-611ea1545bd1@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <001601c870c5$114b87d0$1352908d@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204047677 1518 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2008 17:41:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:41:17 +0000 (UTC) To: "Drew Adams" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 26 18:41:39 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JU3oA-0006b0-EP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:41:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU3ne-00056C-Kk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:41:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU2hw-0006O5-Rz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU2hv-0006Mx-Tr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU2hv-0006Mb-OE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JU2hv-0001l7-B8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4180A18E0; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:05 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from web5.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.214]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: by web5.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id B7B65458AF; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:31:05 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-Enc: dNQ+vIfX/eG/5MBAI2yziy9vSelXPbSEtADeFRI5l6HK 1204043465 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface In-Reply-To: <001601c870c5$114b87d0$1352908d@us.oracle.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:40:43 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51891 Archived-At: Hi Drew On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:55:07 -0800, "Drew Adams" said: > > Suppose, I started searching through files by hitting "A" (dired-do- > > search) in dired mode. I then can continue searching by hitting "M- > > ," (tags-loop-continue). However, how do I search backwards? > > > > Searching backwards may for example be necessary, when I suddenly > > realize that, five files ago, I have missed something. In fact it is > > a very important feature for me. > > AFAIK, there is no way to go backward. And you must access all of the > search hits, in sequence - no skipping. > > [Icicles] Great suggestions - thanks! Sorry for replying so late. - Felix -- Felix E. Klee Jabber/Google Talk: feklee@jabber.org, SIP: 9779619@sipgate.de ICQ: 158124695, Yahoo!: feklee, AIM: felix.klee@inka.de Gizmo: felixklee, Skype: felix.klee