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bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:10:28 +0300 |
> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> Cc: 23937@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:26:12 +0200
>
> Set point to the beginning of the occurrence found, and return point.
> An optional second argument bounds the search; it is a buffer position.
> The match found must start at or after that position. A value of nil
> means search to the beginning of the accessible portion of the buffer.
> Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error).
> If not nil and not t, move to limit of search and return nil.
> Optional fourth argument COUNT, if a positive number, means to search
> for COUNT successive occurrences. If COUNT is negative, search
> forward, instead of backward, for -COUNT occurrences. A value of
> nil means the same as 1.
> The match found is the COUNTth to last one (or last, if COUNT is 1 or
> nil) in the buffer located entirely before the origin of the search.
LGTM, thanks.
> If you are ok with this, should I add these two lines to all
> *search-backward and (suitably adapted) *search-forward functions? (The
> two lines are currently only in {re,posix}-search-backward.)
It's better for all those doc strings to be consistent, yes.
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Stephen Berman, 2016/07/10
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/07/11
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Stephen Berman, 2016/07/11
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/07/12
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Stephen Berman, 2016/07/12
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Stephen Berman, 2016/07/12
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/07/12
- bug#23937: 25.0.95; Search functions doc fixes/improvements, Stephen Berman, 2016/07/12