isearch-forward(2)

NAME

isearch-forward - Search forward incrementally (interactive)
isearch-backward - Search backwards incrementally (interactive)

SYNOPSIS

isearch-forward (C-s) 
isearch-backward (C-r) 

DESCRIPTION

isearch-forward provides an interactive search in the forward direction. This command is similar to search-forward(2), but it processes the search as each character of the input string is typed in. This allows the user to only use as many key-strokes as are needed to uniquely specify the string being searched.

The follow keys can be used at the start of an incremental search only:

C-s - Search for last string.
C-m - Perform a search-forward instead.
esc p,
esc n - Scroll through history list etc (See ml-bind-key(2)).

Several control characters are active while isearching:

C-s or C-x 


Skip to the next occurrence of the current string

C-r


Skip to the last occurrence of the current string

C-h


Back up to the last match (possibly deleting the last character on the search string)

C-w


Insert the next word into the search string.

C-g


Abort the search, return to start.

esc or C-m


End the search, stay here

isearch-backward is the same as isearch-forward, but it searches in the reverse direction.

For both commands when the end of the buffer is reached, an alarm is raised (bell etc.) a further search request (C-s) causes the search to commence from the start of the buffer.

NOTES

The ml-bind-key(2) bindings are used.

The incremental search supports buffer modes exact(2m) and magic(2m).

BUGS

Due to the dynamic nature of active ipipe-shell-command(2) buffers the search history cannot be stored in the same way (list of fixed locations). As a result the search history is stored as a list of searches which are not guaranteed to be consistent.

SEE ALSO

exact(2m), hunt-forward(2), magic(2m), ml-bind-key(2), search-forward(2).
Regular Expressions

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1999/06/24
Generated On: 1999/12/01