Search waht is under the cursor

Search waht is under the cursor

[Rafal Kurcz]

Hello
I would like to search the string that is currently under the cursor.
It should do something very similar to C-s and C-r but take the string
that is currently under the cursor as a default search pattern.

Do you know how to do that ?

Thank You for help

Re: Search waht is under the cursor

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

+ Rafal Kurcz <pawlaczus@yahoo.com>:

| Hello
| I would like to search the string that is currently under the cursor.
| It should do something very similar to C-s and C-r but take the string
| that is currently under the cursor as a default search pattern.
|
| Do you know how to do that ?

You mean, like C-s C-w ?  It may not be exactly what you describe, but
could be just what you want.  I use it all the time.  Each C-w (can be
used anytime during an incremental search) incorporates one more word
into the search term.  Try it.

Another useful thing is to type M-p during an incremental search. That
turns off searching temporarily, and lets you edit the search string
in the minibuffer (actually, it invokes a history mechanism using M-p
and M-n).  You can then yank copied text into the search string, edit
to your heart's content and hit C-s to turn searching back on.

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Re: Search waht is under the cursor

[Nick Roberts]

 > Hello
 > I would like to search the string that is currently under the cursor.
 > It should do something very similar to C-s and C-r but take the string
 > that is currently under the cursor as a default search pattern.

  The characters `C-w' and `C-y' can be used in incremental search to
  grab text from the buffer into the search string.  This makes it
  convenient to search for another occurrence of text at point.  `C-w'
  copies the character or word after point as part of the search string,
  advancing point over it.  (The decision, whether to copy a character or
  a word, is heuristic.)  Another `C-s' to repeat the search will then
  search for a string including that character or word.

Hopefully next time this will help you search the manual more effectively
first!

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: Search waht is under the cursor

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Rafal Kurcz <pawlaczus@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I would like to search the string that is currently under the cursor.

> It should do something very similar to C-s and C-r but take the string
> that is currently under the cursor as a default search pattern.
>
> Do you know how to do that ?

Depends on what you mean by "string" and by "under the cursor".

After pressing C-s, you can use C-w to insert the word(s) after the
cursor.

If you're searching for the symbol at point, you can jump to the next
location with my highlight-symbol-mode[1].

For something else, you could dig through this:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/SearchAtPoint


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

[1]: http://nschum.de/src/emacs/highlight-symbol/

Re: Search waht is under the cursor

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 30.07.2007 um 11:30 schrieb Rafal Kurcz:

> Do you know how to do that ?

M-b C-s C-w ? I.e.: backward-word, isearch-forward, yank that word in  
isearch mode.

Do you know how to create a keyboard macro?

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