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Adam Hardy <emacs@cyberspaceroad.com> writes:

> just out of curiosity, why does View-search-regexp-forward only work
> in view mode? When I'm searching a file, I have to toggle view mode on
> before I can use it, and then toggle view mode off again to resume
> editing.

Do you know `C-M-s' (isearch-forward-regexp)?  It's not exactly the
same as `View-search-regexp-forward', but it's similar and works in
all modes.

> Another minor question while I'm at it: in the bottom left corner of
> emacs, just between the left hand edge and the file name, it says
> --(DOS) %%
>
> This implies to me some sort of MS-DOS encoding in the file header. Is
> that right?

It means that the file has DOS style line endings, i.e. CR/LF rather
than just CR as used in Unix.