From 31b5be122914bd11c20270ef13ae224461d3ab79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:30:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify how to enter regexps in isearch and in the miniubuffer. --- man/search.texi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi index 997b1d9e921..3c6cc3539ed 100644 --- a/man/search.texi +++ b/man/search.texi @@ -719,12 +719,12 @@ end-of-line, a space at the end of a line, a tab, or two spaces; and a character set matching whitespace characters, repeated any number of times. - To enter the same regexp interactively, you would type @key{TAB} to -enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline. (When typed -interactively, @kbd{C-j} should be preceded by a @kbd{C-q}, to prevent -Emacs from running the command bound to a newline.) You would also type -single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them for Lisp -syntax. + To enter the same regexp in incremental search, you would type +@key{TAB} to enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline. You would +also type single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them +for Lisp syntax. In commands that use ordinary minibuffer input to +read a regexp, you would quote the @kbd{C-j} by preceding it with a +@kbd{C-q} to prevent @kbd{C-j} from exiting the minibuffer. @ignore @c I commented this out because it is missing vital information -- 2.39.5