From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I search for symbols such as \253 in Emacs Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:39:46 +0530 Message-ID: <87y5ifx791.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1352201029905-268928.post@n5.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352203675 6925 80.91.229.3 (6 Nov 2012 12:07:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: acomber Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 06 13:08:05 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TVhwq-00057S-M1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:08:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59643 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVhwh-0001DX-Jc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:07:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45573) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVhwY-0001D6-PS for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVhwU-0002CB-Il for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:48894) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVhwU-0002Bw-DS for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:07:42 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id rq2so387962pbb.0 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:07:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=9n1tsLgIbFs84sPh4oteTRlbpjmyECF315NMFIwSsYo=; b=Kfl6VI8JbZz9g1DqFRwRFuLMw1ZadMg/SG1Ecb+6mNFhgqnxhugdlvxXvmZmGyVAGM UfdKL7Cz4SrIjsFEm93K68x8FgGBmQjM4VC26TbMA7Loc4oeq32YquCgrLY0BhR6RYw/ 19zybn6fYJMNME+E7uRBT+kPRTXtMkZnORRMblA9dl1U6L/jOfrf5ibTU17MTmkr92Oz B6eNVJIQX4dwtozdYALcG7LoyGWi55GDTANMEMJSEtY7/VajVbKSgHEbP23O4AM3HCF4 YXLq0g+gTdSQ7zGKWF35O/96C0Lp8bmjz5zaULd8bdtMTxnFp06dBcwaWff9LurK2sA7 mZNw== Original-Received: by 10.68.245.167 with SMTP id xp7mr2688834pbc.75.1352203661655; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:07:41 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([101.62.67.102]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t7sm4630198pax.14.2012.11.06.04.07.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:07:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1352201029905-268928.post@n5.nabble.com> (acomber's message of "Tue, 6 Nov 2012 03:23:49 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.160.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:87547 Archived-At: acomber writes: > I see the symbols as \253 (or whatever) in Emacs. But if I try to search for > \253 (backslash then enter 253 it never finds them. But if I cut and yank > one of the symbols it works. The trouble is the file I have is huge and > finding these symbols is hard - even though I know what they are. I just > can't enter them to search. > > How do I search for these? It is difficult to remember codepoints, ain't it? May be use recursive minibuffers with ucs-insert? See http://irreal.org/blog/?p=1327 > -- > View this message in context: http://emacs.1067599.n5.nabble.com/How-do-I-search-for-symbols-such-as-253-in-Emacs-tp268928.html > Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --