tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post2747937296184625897..comments2024-03-26T03:40:08.295-07:00Comments on I Still Know What You Learned Last Summer: Subtleties of search-and-replace in EmacsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12760478278391942483noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-22212830246866994842010-10-09T19:25:54.991-07:002010-10-09T19:25:54.991-07:00@Anonymous: oh, absolutely. I've used isearch ...@Anonymous: oh, absolutely. I've used isearch in bash history for years and I still haven't figured it out.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760478278391942483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-41179732487639792202010-10-09T15:19:49.373-07:002010-10-09T15:19:49.373-07:00When you delete-backward-char (usually just backsp...When you delete-backward-char (usually just backspace) while you search, emacs jumps back to the first match of the shortened search string. I only noticed because other incremental search implementations don't do this (which is quite confusing -- e.g. bash history). I really admire the stringent application of logic in emacs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-67361167699633443342010-09-20T06:06:39.044-07:002010-09-20T06:06:39.044-07:00Good write up of Emacs' search functionality. ...Good write up of Emacs' search functionality. I learnt new things which is always good. Thanks!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941632153605560491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-70734238549536261332010-09-15T13:03:07.820-07:002010-09-15T13:03:07.820-07:00Didn't known about C-x C-x. Thanks!
Perhaps y...Didn't known about C-x C-x. Thanks!<br /><br />Perhaps you should mention C-r.Andersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-39748157663607763752010-09-06T11:51:55.684-07:002010-09-06T11:51:55.684-07:00When you see part of your search has no match then...When you see part of your search has no match then c-g truncates your search back to just the matching part. Nice for correcting search typos.patrickdloganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030151653908100586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-69511953222268448352010-01-29T21:37:56.551-08:002010-01-29T21:37:56.551-08:00@Marius: Thanks! That's emacs23 (as packaged b...@Marius: Thanks! That's emacs23 (as packaged by Ubuntu), with the DejaVu Sans Mono font, window manager decorations from Openbox, icons from the Humanity icon theme, Clearlooks GTK theme.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760478278391942483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-33541961375986684722010-01-29T07:36:54.440-08:002010-01-29T07:36:54.440-08:00That's a beautiful Emacs you have there. What ...That's a beautiful Emacs you have there. What font and desktop environment are you using?Marius Andersennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970055329001593038.post-56430595866845679412010-01-27T18:25:38.394-08:002010-01-27T18:25:38.394-08:00Very good post.Very good post.augustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18056886003659082161noreply@blogger.com