* cursor position upon search
@ 2010-02-27 19:05 sj10
2010-02-28 22:51 ` Drew Adams
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From: sj10 @ 2010-02-27 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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Hey,
If the search string is "arg", then is there a command in emacs to place the
cursor on the first character of arg when it is found rather than 1 past the
last character as search-forward for instance does?
Thanks
Sid
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* RE: cursor position upon search
2010-02-27 19:05 cursor position upon search sj10
@ 2010-02-28 22:51 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2010-02-28 22:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sj10, help-gnu-emacs
> If the search string is "arg", then is there a command in
> emacs to place the cursor on the first character of arg
> when it is found rather than 1 past the last character
> as search-forward for instance does?
1. I assume you're asking about interactive use of Isearch (even though you
asked about `search-forward').
See `isearch-mode-end-hook' and variable `isearch-other-end'. The latter is the
position you want to go to. The former gives you a way to go there:
(defun foo () (goto-char isearch-other-end))
(add-hook 'isearch-mode-end-hook 'foo)
2. If you really meant `search-forward' and you are using this in Lisp code,
then after calling `search-forward' just (goto-char (match-beginning 0)).
3. If what you really want is to select the search hit, then see library
`isearch+.el' - option `isearchp-set-region-flag' determines this behavior. You
can use `C-SPC' during Isearch to toggle the behavior.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus
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