Increment Search in a Certain Region?

Increment Search in a Certain Region?

[Daniel]

Hi All,

While doing increment search, can we do it in a certain region?

When I do C-s for increment search, it searches whole buffer. What I
want it to search only in a certain region. Can it be possible?

RE: Increment Search in a Certain Region?

[Drew Adams]

> When I do C-s for increment[al] search, it searches whole buffer. What I
> want it to search only in a certain region. Can it be possible?

You can narrow the buffer to the region: `C-x n n', then search: `C-s'. When
you are done, you can widen the buffer: `C-x n w'.

Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to tell `C-s' to limit itself to the
region.

An alternative, which does limit search to the region (if it is active and
non-empty): `C-`' in Icicles:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Search_Enhancements#IciclesS
earchCommands

Re: Increment Search in a Certain Region?

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

    Drew> You can narrow the buffer to the region: `C-x n n', then
    Drew> search: `C-s'.  When you are done, you can widen the buffer:
    Drew> `C-x n w'.

    Drew> Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to tell `C-s' to
    Drew> limit itself to the region.

Au contraire!  Quoth (info "(emacs)Replace"):

    The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to
    the end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (*note
    Transient Mark::), when the mark is active, they operate on the
    region.
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Re: Increment Search in a Certain Region?

[Joost Kremers]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:
>>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>    Drew> Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to tell `C-s' to
>    Drew> limit itself to the region.
>
> Au contraire!  Quoth (info "(emacs)Replace"):
>
>     The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to
>     the end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (*note
>     Transient Mark::), when the mark is active, they operate on the
>     region.

have you actually *tried* it? C-s is *not* a replace command, but an
incremental search, which is quite a different beast. you'll notice, for
example, that the incremental search commands are *not* discussed in the
section that you got this quote from.

setting a mark in transient mark mode and subsequently entering an
incremental search just moves point, keeping the region active. the search
is not limited to the region, however.

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Re: Increment Search in a Certain Region?

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> writes:

    Joost> have you actually *tried* it?  

Oops.  Didn't read closely enough.

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