From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kamphausen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Rapidly navigating buffers using search Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:43:28 +0200 Organization: Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87pqyzr8b3.fsf@usenet.my.skamphausen.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291849775 3995 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 23:09:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:09:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 00:09:31 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQT8b-00033Z-06 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:09:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56013 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQT8a-00022x-Bi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:09:28 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net SjrCg6XkQhKc7F6H41X+d+TNGOtW+IB4WZOc32OTSfXY43v9hvpnM5intGpTqL42uvTI6CZTZM9e1IukQUPw30+Yf0gfxOk5zzQLAf1hCQvMxC74RXu/tbQndUGein+9 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:43:28 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: zmFHIaeF9qyDhorGm4XdSiV2CFcvtk54VUot1NCouhI= Cancel-Lock: sha1:S2GXOHvLDkUnBuHkZ5i+GDSOSUs= sha1:CnKd3YvyphdkKcnKBGYqSD5ewAI= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eUX303h9GsaK5bCit/uR2TB84ggrHem4TFZlYq5eo0I= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:179565 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:76189 Archived-At: Hi, Jonathan Groll writes: > For quick navigation, I use C-s (isearch-forward) and C-r > (isearch-backward) for a phrase that catches my eye so that I can > quickly move to that part of the buffer. I *think* this is a technique > that a lot of us use for rapidly navigating buffers. > > The thing is, what do you type when you want to exit the search? I > usually type C-SPC (set-mark) or if I'm feeling certain then I might > press something like C-d. Is there a better way to exit the search > without the unintended consequences (such as setting mark?) just type a movement command, e.g. a cursor key. Cheers, Stefan -- a blessed +42 regexp of confusion (weapon in hand) You hit. The format string crumbles and turns to dust. user=> (clojure-buch (Locale/GERMANY)) #