Re: Finding C style comments using isearch-forward-regexp

[Timur Aydin]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Timur Aydin <timuraydin@superonline.com> writes:
>
>> I am struggling to find C style comments using the
>> isearch-forward-regexp function (C-M-s). Here is the regexp that I am
>> using:
>>
>> /\*\(.\|^J\)*\*/
>
> Why with a regexp?  Why not use a command like forward-comment?
>
> Or you could use font-lock and just search for the next character
> which has comment face.

Hmm, that seems like a workaround. But the mentioned regexp not
working indicates a bug in the emacs regexp handler, doesn't it?

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Timur Aydin