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info: interactive search and regex patterns
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
info: interactive search and regex patterns |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:30:51 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hello Karl, bug-texinfo readers,
I just noted a weird difference between texinfo 4.8's info and current
CVS: when I use I-search (CTRL-s) to search for, say, `a.', or `a*',
it does not match literally anymore, but interprets the strings as a
regular expression. While that seems to be intended, according to a
NEWS entry, it is not possible to use, say, backslash or brackets to
escape regex-active characters: `a\.', or `a[.]'.
I should note that the R switch to toggle the interactive searching mode
seems to work as intended.
Moreover, may I suggest that the prompt be changed from `I-search: '
to, say `Regex-I-search: ' or similar, when the regex-mode is active,
so that the difference is immediately apparent? That would have given
me enough clue to not suspect a bug, and to look right away for a switch
to turn this behavior off.
Thanks,
Ralf
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