From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenneth Goldman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:39 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3269D978-6F36-493B-91B2-FE9EC9A6DA17@mac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_alternative 0055C02885257809_=" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293749169 28739 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2010 22:46:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:46:09 +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 Dec 30 23:46:06 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYRG1-0002RB-H7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:46:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33134 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYRG0-0002uO-In for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:46:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36270 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYKYZ-0004js-Ct for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYKYY-0002QS-CN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:47 -0500 Original-Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:48843) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYKYY-0002PJ-9w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:46 -0500 Original-Received: from d01dlp01.pok.ibm.com (d01dlp01.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.56]) by e3.ny.us.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id oBUFHtf2029833 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:18:11 -0500 Original-Received: from d01relay03.pok.ibm.com (d01relay03.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.235]) by d01dlp01.pok.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC308728049 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:41 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from d01av04.pok.ibm.com (d01av04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.64]) by d01relay03.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id oBUFafXv319354 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:41 -0500 Original-Received: from d01av04.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av04.pok.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id oBUFafdl026073 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:41 -0500 Original-Received: from d01ml604.pok.ibm.com (d01ml604.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.90]) by d01av04.pok.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVin) with ESMTP id oBUFafrB026067 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3269D978-6F36-493B-91B2-FE9EC9A6DA17@mac.com> X-KeepSent: 3188F081:CEA14367-85257809:0055740E; type=4; name=$KeepSent X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 8.5.1FP1 SHF20 February 10, 2010 X-MIMETrack: S/MIME Sign by Notes Client on Kenneth Goldman/Watson/IBM(Release 8.5.1FP1 SHF20|February 10, 2010) at 12/30/2010 10:36:37 AM, Serialize by Notes Client on Kenneth Goldman/Watson/IBM(Release 8.5.1FP1 SHF20|February 10, 2010) at 12/30/2010 10:36:37 AM, Serialize complete at 12/30/2010 10:36:37 AM, S/MIME Sign failed at 12/30/2010 10:36:37 AM: The cryptographic key was not found, Serialize by Router on D01ML604/01/M/IBM(Release 8.5.2HF19 | August 31, 2010) at 12/30/2010 10:36:40, Serialize complete at 12/30/2010 10:36:40 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:44:40 -0500 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:77978 Archived-At: This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0055C02885257809_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > From: Perry Wagle > > In xemacs, if I double click on a word, the word is highlighted. If > I then press control-s for search, and click the middle mouse button > *without moving the mouse*, I will paste that word into the search > string, and all is good. > > Emacs, on the other hand, does not support this idiom. For some > reason, the middle mouse button *ABORTS* the search mode, and then > pastes the word under the mouse. Why would you want that? (You want C-w instead of middle mouse) Try this idiom: Put the cursor at the beginning of the work you want to search for C-s C-w (more C-w 's paste more words into the search string C-s ... --=_alternative 0055C02885257809_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > From: Perry Wagle <wagle@mac.com>
>
> In xemacs, if I double click on a word, the word is highlighted.  If
> I then press control-s for search, and click the middle mouse button
> *without moving the mouse*, I will paste that word into the search
> string, and all is good.
>
> Emacs, on the other hand, does not support this idiom.  For some
> reason, the middle mouse button *ABORTS* the search mode, and then
> pastes the word under the mouse.  Why would you want that?
(You want C-w instead of middle mouse)

Try this idiom:

Put the cursor at the beginning of the work you want to search for
C-s C-w        (more C-w 's paste more words into the search string
C-s ... --=_alternative 0055C02885257809_=--