From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Colour search-text across multiple lines in the created buffer Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:20:01 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6526"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 07 18:20:48 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1smyB6-0001aD-3k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:20:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1smyAV-0002ZP-MI; Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:20:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1smyAU-0002Xy-0H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:20:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-43167.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.167]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1smyAR-0005NU-30 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:20:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1725726004; x=1725985204; bh=slUGS1cdfMtDVFUb35UhOWYCyYhFxhvTEu/+QQqJ8Vc=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=raCmwII6QREoiB9xmmPzutItyt8NYE3Idr2xVWlhP6sh+rbO6ZHgcIn9lVv5ILLfe psCoda9P7/oCEtQ6SDKNdaVsyIlUoWWC2KhhWkQQRHAh9O5kwE0A6iCuOpMwM8Jzsa QbLwLmfMWDsG62O/9LrpzBnK2vqP98roHrEXgwLimmca+VoVLiDoikTgYQHqEkF7eE 7oA52FRJxL5+hBaAfcHg/8ObtN44KEqGswJfhiT/OKa94So7TjIm8wzqm82vjI0hf7 kgts5F9te0adtXt4J19NS6uCreW2D1+gfp2s8NJYCQtNcxHVIaeWknExRh60lgYF54 OJHFB/JKwi8fQ== Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 44f0ef24ad6c7c7095b56116778a56230b680569 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.167; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-43167.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147933 Archived-At: I want to colour the search-text in the created buffer, even when the search text spans multiple lines. How can I do it ? (defun xiakos-context (search-text &optional n) ;; Set a default value for N if not provided (setq n (or n 8)) (save-excursion (goto-char (point-min)) ;; Start from the beginning of the buffer (let ( (search-regexp (replace-regexp-in-string " " "[ \n]*" (regexp-quote search-text)))) (if (re-search-forward search-regexp nil t) (let* ( (match-start (match-beginning 0)) (match-end (match-end 0)) (start-line (max 1 (- (line-number-at-pos match-start) n)= )) (end-line (+ (line-number-at-pos match-end) n)) (context-start (progn (goto-line start-line) (point))) (context-end (progn (goto-line end-line) (line-end-positi= on))) (context (buffer-substring-no-properties context-start context-end)) ;; Create a temporary buffer to display the context (context-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Search Context*")) ) (with-current-buffer context-buffer (erase-buffer) (insert context) (font-lock-mode 1) ;; Highlight the search text (let ((pos 0)) (while (setq pos (string-match search-regexp context pos)) (let ((overlay (make-overlay (+ context-start pos) (+ context-start (match-end 0))))) (overlay-put overlay 'face '(:background "yellow")) (setq pos (match-end 0))))) (goto-char (point-min))) (display-buffer context-buffer))) )) ) Sent with Proton Mail secure email.