From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "CarlC" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Expanding Include Files Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:02:17 GMT Organization: Road Runner - Texas Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <841y2c4j4v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045152439 22174 80.91.224.249 (13 Feb 2003 16:07:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:07:19 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18jLrA-0005dO-00 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:05:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18jLrf-0000YU-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:05:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.153.141.242 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1045152137 24.153.141.242 (Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:02:17 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:02:17 CST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110132 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6635 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6635 "Kai Großjohann" wrote in message news:841y2c4j4v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de... > Hm. I think you could use overlays to display the source code, but I > don't know whether C-s searches in overlays or in the buffer text. Thanks, Kai. It is a start, but as you suggested, C-s searches aren't including overlay text. I will look further to see what capabilities I have with overlays and searching. My main purpose for this routine is to search for variables throughout the entire source of the program. I could create a temporary view buffer, but it just wouldn't be quite as sexy.