re-search-forward-repeat?

re-search-forward-repeat?

[jrwats]

OK, so on a normal isearch-forward, I can continue pressing C-s to run
isearch-forward multiple times.  How do I get this functionaliy for re-
search-forwarwd?  For instance I want to be able to hit M-s multiple
times for my regex search.

Re: re-search-forward-repeat?

[harven]

On Sep 19, 10:38 pm, jrwats <jrw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, so on a normal isearch-forward, I can continue pressing C-s to run
> isearch-forward multiple times.  How do I get this functionaliy for re-
> search-forwarwd?  For instance I want to be able to hit M-s multiple
> times for my regex search.

C-M-s my-regexp C-s C-s C-s ...
or
C-M-s my-regexp C-M-s C-M-s C-M-s ...
(no return after entering the regexp since the search is incremental)

Re: re-search-forward-repeat?

[jrwats]

Many many thanks!
On Sep 20, 2:38 am, harven <har...@free.fr> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 10:38 pm,jrwats<jrw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > OK, so on a normal isearch-forward, I can continue pressing C-s to run
> > isearch-forward multiple times.  How do I get this functionaliy for re-
> > search-forwarwd?  For instance I want to be able to hit M-s multiple
> > times for my regex search.
>
> C-M-s my-regexp C-s C-s C-s ...
> or
> C-M-s my-regexp C-M-s C-M-s C-M-s ...
> (no return after entering the regexp since the search is incremental)

Re: re-search-forward-repeat?

[wscholine]

On Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:38:56 AM UTC-4, harven wrote:
> On Sep 19, 10:38 pm, jrwats <jrw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > OK, so on a normal isearch-forward, I can continue pressing C-s to run
> > isearch-forward multiple times.  How do I get this functionaliy for re-
> > search-forwarwd?  For instance I want to be able to hit M-s multiple
> > times for my regex search.
> 
> C-M-s my-regexp C-s C-s C-s ...
> or
> C-M-s my-regexp C-M-s C-M-s C-M-s ...
> (no return after entering the regexp since the search is incremental)

This feature has irritating differences from isearch though. For example, if you have a regexp in the kill buffer and do a C-y at the prompt, it does not yank your regexp but copies (part of?) the current line instead. And M-p at the prompt seems not to work.

Still better than M-x p M-p [enter] though, I guess.