repeating a search a certain number of times

repeating a search a certain number of times

[Timur Aydin]

Hello,

I have been looking for a way to repeat a search a certain number of 
times, and from the documentation i have found the search-forward 
function to do that:

(search-forward "something" nil nil 5)

But unfortunately this isn't bound to a key. The docstring says it is 
bound to <find>, but I don't know what that means. It isn't a lisp 
function. I thought maybe it is a menu item, but can't see that in the 
menu either.

So my question is, how can I bind this to a key so that when I press it, 
it asks me for the string, then the repetition count and then goes ahead 
and finds it?

-- 
Timur

Re: repeating a search a certain number of times

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-01-21, at 18:41, Timur Aydin <ta@taydin.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been looking for a way to repeat a search a certain number of 
> times, and from the documentation i have found the search-forward 
> function to do that:
>
> (search-forward "something" nil nil 5)
>
> But unfortunately this isn't bound to a key. The docstring says it is 
> bound to <find>, but I don't know what that means. It isn't a lisp 
> function. I thought maybe it is a menu item, but can't see that in the 
> menu either.
>
> So my question is, how can I bind this to a key so that when I press it, 
> it asks me for the string, then the repetition count and then goes ahead 
> and finds it?

Others will probably chime in, and I don't have the time to write that
function for you, but you might want to read these sections in the Elisp
reference:

(info "(emacs)Rebinding")
(info "(elisp)Using interactive")

(If you're reading this message in Emacs, place the point after any of
the above expressions, and press C-x C-e.)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Mac: Don't quit Emacs when window is closed

[Luis Gerhorst]

Hi,
I have the problem that I always quit Emacs by mistake when I am done with a task by clicking the button to close the Emacs window. I have a few ideas / questions:

- Wouldn't it be a good idea to make Emacs act like most Mac application and not quit the application when the window is closed? Is there some reason why this is not possible?
- How can I disable the button to close the window or make it call suspend-frame instead of save-buffers-kill-emacs?

Best wishes from Germany,
Luis Gerhorst

Re: Mac: Don't quit Emacs when window is closed

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-01-17, at 21:07, Luis Gerhorst <privat@luisgerhorst.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have the problem that I always quit Emacs by mistake when I am done with a task by clicking the button to close the Emacs window. I have a few ideas / questions:
>
> - Wouldn't it be a good idea to make Emacs act like most Mac application and not quit the application when the window is closed? Is there some reason why this is not possible?
> - How can I disable the button to close the window or make it call suspend-frame instead of save-buffers-kill-emacs?

Would this help a bit?

(setq confirm-kill-emacs #'yes-or-no-p)

> Best wishes from Germany,
> Luis Gerhorst

Hth,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Mac: Don't quit Emacs when window is closed

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.2484.1453090928.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
> > Would this help a bit?
> >
> > (setq confirm-kill-emacs #'yes-or-no-p)
> 
> The wider issue is that people expect to be able to close all windows
> and keep an app open (the menu remains open).

It's perfectly normal and expected for Mac applications, which is one of 
the reasons why the Mac menu bar is attached to the screen, not 
individual windows. Some single-window applications automatically quit 
when you close that window, but this would be unusual for multi-window 
applications.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

repeating a search a certain number of times

[Timur Aydin]

Hello,

I have been looking for a way to repeat a search a certain number of 
times, and from the documentation i have found the search-forward 
function to do that:

(search-forward "something" nil nil 5)

But unfortunately this isn't bound to a key. The docstring says it is 
bound to <find>, but I don't know what that means. It isn't a lisp 
function. I thought maybe it is a menu item, but can't see that in the 
menu either.

So my question is, how can I bind this to a key so that when I press it, 
it asks me for the string, then the repetition count and then goes ahead 
and finds it?

-- 
Timur

RE: repeating a search a certain number of times

[Drew Adams]

> I have been looking for a way to repeat a search a certain number of
> times, and from the documentation i have found the search-forward
> function to do that:
> 
> (search-forward "something" nil nil 5)
> 
> But unfortunately this isn't bound to a key. The docstring says it is
> bound to <find>, but I don't know what that means. It isn't a lisp
> function. I thought maybe it is a menu item, but can't see that in the
> menu either.
> 
> So my question is, how can I bind this to a key so that when I press it,
> it asks me for the string, then the repetition count and then goes ahead
> and finds it?

`search-forward' is bound to `C-s RET'. Just repeat `C-s RET' to repeat
your search (no need to enter the same input again).

See the Emacs manual, node `Nonincremental Search': `C-h r g noni TAB RET'.

Is there some reason you do not want to use incremental search: `C-s'?
If you do that, then just repeat `C-s'.

See the Emacs manual, node `Incremental Search': `C-h r g incr TAB RET'.