From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Increment Search in a Certain Region? Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:25:38 -0700 Message-ID: <87wt0rfz0d.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: <1175723774.138265.321140@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175733529 3901 80.91.229.12 (5 Apr 2007 00:38:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:38:49 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 05 02:38:47 2007 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 1HZFzw-00045Q-PI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:38:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HZG3F-0001EK-Sr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HZG33-0001E5-1P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HZG32-0001Ds-BT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HZG32-0001Dp-7h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] 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 1HZFzi-0003tq-AU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:38:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HZFzW-0002cY-Bv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:38:18 +0200 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:38:18 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:38:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CABs5A+zqZ6eUGkkvorbJQdPwnk= X-detected-kernel: 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:42434 Archived-At: >>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams 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