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RE: Info-search-isearch
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Info-search-isearch |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:42:45 -0800 |
> I like being able to confine an isearch to the current
> node. Currently, I can use `s' for global search and `C-s'
> (or `C-M-s') for local (node) search.
>
> So, to me, it would be desirable to have some indication
> that the end of the current node was reached without
> finding another occurrence of the string -
> e.g. "Failing isearch in node Foo: bar". Except for being
> able to overwrap isearch in the node (no great loss), this
> would give the advantages of both
> approaches (local and global search). Without such a local-failure
> indication, you would have to (perhaps unwittingly)
> continue the search to
> another node, and then use `l' to get back where you were.
>
> IOW, why not have two levels of isearch "failure": 1) no
> more in the current node, 2) no more in the current Info "manual"?
The behavior of what you propose is different from either the current
C-s behavior in an emacs info buffer or in standalone info.
Correct.
The message I was replying to was just asking to make the C-s behavior
the same in an info buffer and standalone info, and allow to the user
to choose one or the other via a customizable variable.
Correct.