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From: Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Increment Search in a Certain Region?
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:25:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wt0rfz0d.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICCENADLAA.drew.adams@oracle.com

>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

    Drew> You can narrow the buffer to the region: `C-x n n', then
    Drew> search: `C-s'.  When you are done, you can widen the buffer:
    Drew> `C-x n w'.

    Drew> Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to tell `C-s' to
    Drew> limit itself to the region.

Au contraire!  Quoth (info "(emacs)Replace"):

    The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to
    the end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (*note
    Transient Mark::), when the mark is active, they operate on the
    region.
-- 
I'd like to see Rush Limbaugh tell Omar he can't get
married.
        --Alex Kotlowitz.  You hadda be there

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-05  0:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-04 21:56 Increment Search in a Certain Region? Daniel
2007-04-04 22:46 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-05  0:25   ` Eric Hanchrow [this message]
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1774.1175733718.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-04-05  7:28     ` Joost Kremers
2007-04-05 17:07       ` Eric Hanchrow

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