From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thierry Volpiatto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Rapidly navigating buffers using search Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:54:26 +0200 Organization: ThierryVolpiatto Message-ID: <87ocejkcil.fsf@tux.homenetwork> References: <20100707064305.GF31621@groll.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278485885 11262 80.91.229.12 (7 Jul 2010 06:58:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 06:58:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 07 08:58:04 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWOa2-0001Rn-3r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:58:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54952 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OWOa1-000627-N3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47130 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OWOZR-00061x-Jv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:57:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWOZQ-0003vW-4D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:57:25 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:39716) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWOZP-0003vA-Pz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:57:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OWOZN-00013A-5U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:21 +0200 Original-Received: from 22.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net ([77.197.77.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:21 +0200 Original-Received: from thierry.volpiatto by 22.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:21 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 22.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:01sPoLQoVX1PHxqexYgI484VrQc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:74117 Archived-At: Jonathan Groll writes: > For quick navigation, I use C-s (isearch-forward) and C-r > (isearch-backward) for a phrase that catches my eye so that I can > quickly move to that part of the buffer. I *think* this is a technique > that a lot of us use for rapidly navigating buffers. > > The thing is, what do you type when you want to exit the search? I > usually type C-SPC (set-mark) or if I'm feeling certain then I might > press something like C-d. Is there a better way to exit the search > without the unintended consequences (such as setting mark?) I also do > find it difficult to hold in my head that exiting a forward search > drops me at the end of the search result and vice-versa for a reverse > search. > > Any body want to share their technique for rapidly navigating buffers? Have a look at ioccur.el: hg clone http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/ioccur hg update -C development > Cheers, > Jonathan > > -- Thierry Volpiatto Gpg key: http://pgp.mit.edu/