From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Search for a word in Emacs as is done in gvim Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:41:40 +0200 Message-ID: <873ac72hl7.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <23096280.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239997378 24704 80.91.229.12 (17 Apr 2009 19:42:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:42:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 17 21:44:17 2009 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 4.50) id 1Lutyv-0007PJ-8D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:44:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45679 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LutxW-0002vw-Fs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lutwo-0002Zv-9o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lutwj-0002Vp-J0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53015 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lutwj-0002Vc-DB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:33608 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lutwj-0008Gl-0M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Lutwf-0006aJ-3h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:53 +0000 Original-Received: from p54af0764.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.175.7.100]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:53 +0000 Original-Received: from tassilo by p54af0764.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:53 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af0764.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pxQqkrg71kRccsMe1HwICx2I85o= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:63820 Archived-At: rakeshg writes: > By having the cursor on a particular word, and pressing "*" key , we > can search for the word in the files. > > In emacs we have first copy the word and then do Ctl-S and then paste > it. No, do `M-b C-s C-w' and be fine. (M-b goes to the beginning of the word, C-s starts isearch and C-w captures the word from point to end and inserts it at the isearch prompt. If you need that often, pack it in a macro or write a function to do that. Bye, Tassilo -- The 11th commandment is "Thou shalt not piss off Chuck Norris" This commandment is rarely enforced, as it is impossible to accomplish.