From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: isearch-whole-buffer? Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:58:09 -0700 Message-ID: References: <-N-dnckRSdxBlrnZnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@mcgill.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143219640 26278 80.91.229.2 (24 Mar 2006 17:00:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 24 18:00:39 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 1FMpeF-00030M-SN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:00:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMpeF-0003QP-C6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:00:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FMpdn-0003Q3-Rf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:59:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FMpdl-0003PA-Lz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:59:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMpdl-0003P7-HQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:59:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FMpec-0008WT-Gd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:00:50 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FMpdR-0002pR-Ij for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:59:37 +0100 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.60 ([207.167.42.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:59:37 +0100 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.60 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:59:37 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.60 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: 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:33970 Archived-At: Kevin Rodgers wrote: > xyblor wrote: > >> Is there a way to search the whole buffer while I type, like Firefox's >> "find" command? >> >> As it is now, C-s only searches the text after the point, and C-r >> searches the text before the point. I think it would be more convenient >> for me if C-s searched the whole text, without forcing me to press C-s >> again to overwrap the search. Does anyone know of a function that would >> accomplish this? Or maybe there's a variable I can change to get the >> desired behavior? I'm using XEmacs 21.4.13 on Win32. > > > (defadvice isearch-forward (before beginning-of-buffer activate) > "Move point to the beginning of the buffer." > (goto-char (point-min))) Actually the following might be a little better. Generally you don't want to clobber the mark, but this would allow you to return to the current point after the search with `C-u C-SPC C-u C-SPC'. (defadvice isearch-forward (before beginning-of-buffer activate) "Move point to the beginning of the buffer; leave mark at previous position." (beginning-of-buffer)) -- Kevin Rodgers