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diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi index ae22a90a16b..25f0cc4183e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/search.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi @@ -253,6 +253,13 @@ character or word at point to the search string. This is an easy way to search for another occurrence of the text at point. (The decision of whether to copy a character or a word is heuristic.) +@kindex C-M-w @r{(Incremental search)} +@findex isearch-yank-symbol-or-char + @kbd{C-M-w} (@code{isearch-yank-symbol-or-char}) appends the next +character or symbol at point to the search string. This is an easy way +to search for another occurrence of the symbol at point. (The decision +of whether to copy a character or a symbol is heuristic.) + @kindex M-s C-e @r{(Incremental search)} @findex isearch-yank-line Similarly, @kbd{M-s C-e} (@code{isearch-yank-line}) appends the rest @@ -274,11 +281,11 @@ appended text with an earlier kill, similar to the usual @kbd{M-y} in the echo area appends the current X selection (@pxref{Primary Selection}) to the search string (@code{isearch-yank-x-selection}). -@kindex C-M-w @r{(Incremental search)} +@kindex C-M-d @r{(Incremental search)} @kindex C-M-y @r{(Incremental search)} @findex isearch-del-char @findex isearch-yank-char - @kbd{C-M-w} (@code{isearch-del-char}) deletes the last character + @kbd{C-M-d} (@code{isearch-del-char}) deletes the last character from the search string, and @kbd{C-M-y} (@code{isearch-yank-char}) appends the character after point to the search string. An alternative method to add the character after point is to enter the @@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ string that failed to match is highlighted using the face At this point, there are several things you can do. If your string was mistyped, use @key{DEL} to cancel a previous input item -(@pxref{Basic Isearch}), @kbd{C-M-w} to erase one character at a time, +(@pxref{Basic Isearch}), @kbd{C-M-d} to erase one character at a time, or @kbd{M-e} to edit it. If you like the place you have found, you can type @key{RET} to remain there. Or you can type @kbd{C-g}, which removes from the search string the characters that could not be found @@ -468,7 +475,7 @@ of the keymap @code{isearch-mode-map} (@pxref{Keymaps}). This subsection describes how to control whether typing a command not specifically meaningful in searches exits the search before executing -the command. It also describes two categories of commands which you +the command. It also describes three categories of commands which you can type without exiting the current incremental search, even though they are not themselves part of incremental search. @@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ they are not themselves part of incremental search. search exits the search before executing the command. Thus, the command operates on the buffer from which you invoked the search. However, if you customize the variable @code{search-exit-option} to -@code{nil}, the characters which you type that are not interpreted by +@code{append}, the characters which you type that are not interpreted by the incremental search are simply appended to the search string. This is so you could include in the search string control characters, such as @kbd{C-a}, that would normally exit the search and invoke the @@ -538,6 +545,18 @@ change point, the buffer contents, the match data, the current buffer, or the selected window and frame. The command must not itself attempt an incremental search. This feature is disabled if @code{isearch-allow-scroll} is @code{nil} (which it is by default). + +@item Motion Commands +@cindex motion commands, during incremental search +When @code{isearch-yank-on-move} is customized to @code{shift}, +you can extend the search string by holding down the shift key while +typing cursor motion commands. It will yank text that ends at the new +position after moving point in the current buffer. + +When @code{isearch-yank-on-move} is @code{t}, you can extend the +search string without using the shift key for cursor motion commands, +but it applies only for certain motion command that have the +@code{isearch-move} property on their symbols. @end table @node Isearch Minibuffer @@ -1817,7 +1836,7 @@ In the @file{*Occur*} buffer, you can click on each entry, or move point there and type @key{RET}, to visit the corresponding position in the buffer that was searched. @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} display the match in another window; @kbd{C-o} does not select it. Alternatively, you -can use the @kbd{C-x `} (@code{next-error}) command to visit the +can use the @kbd{M-g M-n} (@code{next-error}) command to visit the occurrences one by one (@pxref{Compilation Mode}). @cindex Occur Edit mode |