bug#4727: marked as done (23.1; `multi-isearch-(files|buffers)(-regexp)')

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has caused the Emacs bug report #4727,
regarding 23.1; `multi-isearch-(files|buffers)(-regexp)'
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> 23.1; `multi-isearch-(files|buffers)(-regexp)'
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> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:27:56 -0700
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> 1. The doc strings of `multi-isearch-files(-regexp)' need to say that
> each of the FILES elements must be an absolute file name. I was trying
> to make it work with relative names, and I wasted a lot of time
> debugging. It was only when the debugger finally got to comparing
> `buffer-file-name' with the FILES element that I saw the problem.
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> 2. Why not let these functions accept either absolute or relative file
> names?  If relative, they should be interpreted relative to
> `default-directory'.
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> 3. Similarly, for `multi-isearch-buffers(-regexp)': 
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> a. The doc strings need to say explicitly that the BUFFERS must be
> live buffers, not their names.
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> b. Why should the BUFFERS need to be buffers - why not also allow
> buffer names?
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> The code is unnecessarily restrictive/brittle.
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> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2009-07-29 on SOFT-MJASON
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4)'
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> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:28:12 +0200
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> >> However, we could convert relative file names to internal absolute
> >> file names before starting multi-file Isearch.  So you will be able
> >> to specify file names relative to the default directory where
> >> multi-file Isearch was started.
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> > That was what I was thinking.
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> Thanks for the idea.  Implemented.
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> >> Similarly, we could convert buffer names to internal live buffers
> >> before starting multi-buffer Isearch.
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> > Why not? That's pretty standard. Let the function do the work of calling
> > `get-buffer'.
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> This is implemented as well.
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> -- 
> Juri Linkov
> http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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