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Re: search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header
From: |
Miles Bader |
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Re: search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header |
Date: |
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:23:23 -0400 |
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 04:35:24PM -0700, Drew Adams wrote:
> You should use the much more powerful and useful Index-search (bound
> to `i'), not text search.
>
> If that's the answer, then we should remove `Info-search' (bound to `s')
> altogether. If there is a raison d'etre for `Info-search', then it should
> work on terms like "file" too.
Search is a lower-level command than index, and is useful for finding things
that aren't indexed. However like all searching commands, if you use very
general search strings, you're going to get a lot of false hits. "File" is a
very general term...
-Miles
--
A zen-buddhist walked into a pizza shop and
said, "Make me one with everything."
- search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header, Drew Adams, 2004/10/30
- Re: search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header, Karl Berry, 2004/10/30
- Re: search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header, Juri Linkov, 2004/10/31
- RE: search in Info should not find "File", "Node" etc. in header, Drew Adams, 2004/10/31