From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: isearch-whole-buffer? Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:42:34 +0200 Message-ID: References: <-N-dnckRSdxBlrnZnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@mcgill.ca> <44ydndg4Yss-VbjZnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@mcgill.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143369787 30674 80.91.229.2 (26 Mar 2006 10:43:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:43:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 26 12:43:04 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNSi8-0004rs-49 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:43:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNSi8-0001JA-0n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:43:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FNShl-0001Ij-RZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:42:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FNShj-0001I4-8g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:42:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNShj-0001I0-2m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:42:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.242] (helo=fmmailgate04.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FNSix-0005op-PD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:43:56 -0500 Original-Received: by fmmailgate04.web.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/webde Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k2QAgana023349; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:42:36 +0200 Original-Received: from [87.193.39.237] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.106 #94) id 1FNShg-0004kt-00; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:42:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <44ydndg4Yss-VbjZnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@mcgill.ca> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: xyblor X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de 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:33992 Archived-At: Am 25.03.2006 um 23:48 schrieb xyblor: > I find Firefox's "find" (control-f) to be more sensible in this > regard, and I am surprised that in the long history of Emacs' > development, nobody seems to have shared this view; to such an > extent that not only is there no built in function or variable to > enable searching the whole buffer by default, there isn't even a > convenient workaround. Could be GNU Emacs dedicates itself to people who have a plan, know what they're doing, and know what they've achieved until now. And you are right: there is no work-around, there are two: Esc-< C-s and Esc-> C-r. -- Greetings Pete The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists of "Ten Best". -- H. Allen Smith