[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/search.texi,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/12/23 17:30:03

Index: search.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/man/search.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.85
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -b -r1.85 -r1.86
--- search.texi 1 Nov 2006 23:17:22 -0000       1.85
+++ search.texi 23 Dec 2006 17:30:03 -0000      1.86
@@ -488,6 +488,13 @@
 you have searched for @samp{foo} and you add @samp{\|bar}, the cursor
 backs up in case the first @samp{bar} precedes the first @samp{foo}.
 
+  Forward and backward regexp search are not symmetrical, because
+regexp matching in Emacs always operates forward, starting with the
+beginning of the regexp.  Thus, forward regexp search scans forward,
+trying a forward match at each possible starting position.  Backward
+regexp search scans backward, trying a forward match at each possible
+starting position.  These search methods are not mirror images.
+
 @findex re-search-forward
 @findex re-search-backward
   Nonincremental search for a regexp is done by the functions