From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: posts@grierwhite.com (Christopher J. White) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: help - isearch highlits my buffer into a sort of Christmas tree Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:04:04 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075644975 14185 80.91.224.253 (1 Feb 2004 14:16:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 01 15:16:10 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnIOQ-0001FJ-00 for ; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:16:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AnIO1-0001yB-NR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:15:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.2 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:loySuBysF7NDXabj25N0iPcfYfw= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 27 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120613 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16560 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16560 >>>>> "nospam55" == nospam55 writes: nospam55> Hi nospam55> when I say e.g. nospam55> C-s a nospam55> my new emacs highlights every visible occurrence of 'a' , I find this a very useful feature, but I'm usually searching for more complex strings than 'a' ;-) nospam55> I would like to disable this behavior. Here's how I found the answer to your your problem: apropos "highlight" search for "isearch" C-h v "isearch-lazy-highlight" -- ------------------------ -- Christopher J. White -- -- chris @ (blah) -- grierwhite . com ------------------------