Re: Search for text

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"john maclean" <jayeola@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi guys,
>
> Basic stuff  here. Sorry if this has been asked before:-
> - Can one search for text at the location of the point? If a point is
> within word "foo" I'd like to C-s <something> so that I dont have to
> enter that word when promted for a search term

C-s C-w

> - I'd like to be able to search for say ^[a-g] with regular
> expressions. Can any one point me to the location of the info doc?

C-u C-s ^[a-g]

> - Finally I'd like to have all matching terms stay highlighted a bit
> longer. C-s does highlight terms, but as soon as I C-v to look down
> the page it's gone.

M-x customize-variable RET lazy-highlight-cleanup RET

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