From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23429: 25.0.90; `dired-do-find-regexp' doc string Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 11:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <95e93aa9-420d-4029-9570-21405696ed42@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462213663 32378 80.91.229.3 (2 May 2016 18:27:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 18:27:43 +0000 (UTC) To: Dmitry Gutov , 23429@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 02 20:27:30 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1axIZ7-0004xN-Nb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 20:27:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38015 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axIZ3-0005pR-MG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:27:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45081) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axIYu-0005b5-T0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axIYj-000409-6Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:50067) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axIYj-0003z9-3A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axIYf-0002yF-LT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:27:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 18:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23429 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23429-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23429.146221358411372 (code B ref 23429); Mon, 02 May 2016 18:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23429) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 May 2016 18:26:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34171 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axIY3-0002xM-SC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:26:24 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:49677) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axIY1-0002x8-MK for 23429@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 14:26:22 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u42IQFgF001119 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 2 May 2016 18:26:15 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u42IQFAw014844 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 2 May 2016 18:26:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u42IQC7C027390; Mon, 2 May 2016 18:26:14 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117600 Archived-At: > > If what you mean is that the marked files in a marked _subdirectory_ > > are searched, and so on for its marked subdirs, recursively - then > > say so. >=20 > Care to propose an exact wording? Nope. Dunno what the command does, and don't have the time to study the code more. > > If you don't mean something like that then I cannot imagine what this > > means. How can a _file_ (marked or not) be searched recursively? >=20 > A file can be a directory, in Emacs and in general Unix parlance. You mean that a directory is, or can be, a file. But it is a particular kind of file. If you mean a directory then say a directory. And even for a directory, if regarded as a file it cannot be searched recursively. The _contents_ of a directory can be searched, and the contents of its subdirectories can be searched, and so on. > Those marked files that are, are searched recursively. The regular files > are searched, period. Search marked files, including marked subdirs. Act recursively on marked subdirs. But you need to specify whether ALL files and ALL subdirs in a marked subdir are acted on, or just the marked files and=20 marked subdirs in a marked subdir. Here's one possibility (from Dired+): The files searched are those that are marked in the current Dired buffer. Marked subdirectories are handled recursively in the same way. Dunno whether that is the behavior you have, but you see that there are several possibilities.