From 2931c841a3ae5a83bb64c9b6525fa83c9326d55c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 20:16:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document behavior of lazy highlight in word search (Bug#7470). * doc/emacs/search.texi (Word Search): Note that the lazy highlight always matches to whole words (Bug#7470). --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/emacs/search.texi | 12 +++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index ffaeafad015..dd03f0e4782 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-12-05 Chong Yidong + + * search.texi (Word Search): Note that the lazy highlight always + matches to whole words (Bug#7470). + 2010-12-04 Eli Zaretskii * display.texi (Optional Mode Line): Make the description of diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi index 0916c577ef0..e7e3a3afc24 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/search.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi @@ -459,11 +459,13 @@ for a forward search, or @kbd{M-s w C-r @key{RET}} for a backward search. These run the commands @code{word-search-forward} and @code{word-search-backward} respectively. - A nonincremental word search differs slightly from the incremental -version in the way it finds a match: the last word in the search -string must be an exact match for a whole word. In an incremental -word search, the last word in the search string can match part of a -word; this allows the matching to proceed incrementally as you type. + Incremental and nonincremental word searches differ slightly in the +way they find a match. In a nonincremental word search, the last word +in the search string must exactly match a whole word. In an +incremental word search, the matching is more lax: the last word in +the search string can match part of a word, so that the matching +proceeds incrementally as you type. This additional laxity does not +apply to the lazy highlight, which always matches whole words. @node Regexp Search @section Regular Expression Search -- 2.39.2