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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2016-11-10 18:25:21 +0200 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2016-11-10 18:25:21 +0200 |
commit | 78aece497ce9dc784d5e3d2707d76766eed2a174 (patch) | |
tree | cc512c731d3eb74b00444024a425031c57356f6f | |
parent | eb364fddec1431f459166cebb36f09f6b371dd71 (diff) | |
download | emacs-78aece497ce9dc784d5e3d2707d76766eed2a174.tar.gz |
Improve documentation of 'occur'
* doc/emacs/search.texi (Other Repeating Search): Clarify how to
use Occur with search strings from last Isearch. (Bug#24890)
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/search.texi | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi index b41214df1ae..543d5470046 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/search.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi @@ -1714,15 +1714,21 @@ a multi-file incremental search is activated automatically. @cindex mode, Occur @cindex match (face name) @vindex list-matching-lines-default-context-lines +@kindex M-s o @item M-x occur +@itemx M-s o Prompt for a regexp, and display a list showing each line in the -buffer that contains a match for it. The text that matched is -highlighted using the @code{match} face. To limit the search to part -of the buffer, narrow to that part (@pxref{Narrowing}). A numeric -argument @var{n} specifies that @var{n} lines of context are to be -displayed before and after each matching line. The default number of -context lines is specified by the variable -@code{list-matching-lines-default-context-lines}. +buffer that contains a match for it. If you type @kbd{M-n} at the +prompt, you can reuse search strings from previous incremental +searches. The text that matched is highlighted using the @code{match} +face. To limit the search to part of the buffer, narrow to that part +(@pxref{Narrowing}). A numeric argument @var{n} specifies that +@var{n} lines of context are to be displayed before and after each +matching line. The default number of context lines is specified by +the variable @code{list-matching-lines-default-context-lines}. + +You can also run @kbd{M-s o} when an incremental search is active; +this uses the current search string. @kindex RET @r{(Occur mode)} @kindex o @r{(Occur mode)} @@ -1744,12 +1750,6 @@ mode. The command @kbd{M-x list-matching-lines} is a synonym for @kbd{M-x occur}. -@kindex M-s o -@item M-s o -Run @code{occur} using the search string of the last incremental -string search. You can also run @kbd{M-s o} when an incremental -search is active; this uses the current search string. - @item M-x multi-occur This command is just like @code{occur}, except it is able to search through multiple buffers. It asks you to specify the buffer names one |