From cadc14ec8ae6d2873c3f4b5b7b4dd761d72e8744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juri Linkov Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 23:17:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Word Search): Document incremental word search. --- man/search.texi | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi index b1ed713715b..67b61aeac07 100644 --- a/man/search.texi +++ b/man/search.texi @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ Search for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. Search backward for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. @end table - Word search is a special case of nonincremental search and is invoked + Word search as a special case of nonincremental search is invoked with @kbd{C-s @key{RET} C-w}. This is followed by the search string, which must always be terminated with @key{RET}. Being nonincremental, this search does not start until the argument is terminated. It works @@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ by constructing a regular expression and searching for that; see Use @kbd{C-r @key{RET} C-w} to do backward word search. + You can also invoke word search with @kbd{C-s M-e C-w} or @kbd{C-r +M-e C-w} followed by the search string and terminated with @key{RET}, +@kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r}. This puts word search into incremental mode +where you can use all keys available for incremental search. However, +when you type more words in incremental word search, it will fail +until you type complete words. + @findex word-search-forward @findex word-search-backward Forward and backward word searches are implemented by the commands -- 2.39.2