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Re: View-search-regexp-forward
From: |
Jesper Harder |
Subject: |
Re: View-search-regexp-forward |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:48:57 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Adam Hardy <emacs@cyberspaceroad.com> writes:
> just out of curiosity, why does View-search-regexp-forward only work
> in view mode? When I'm searching a file, I have to toggle view mode on
> before I can use it, and then toggle view mode off again to resume
> editing.
Do you know `C-M-s' (isearch-forward-regexp)? It's not exactly the
same as `View-search-regexp-forward', but it's similar and works in
all modes.
> Another minor question while I'm at it: in the bottom left corner of
> emacs, just between the left hand edge and the file name, it says
> --(DOS) %%
>
> This implies to me some sort of MS-DOS encoding in the file header. Is
> that right?
It means that the file has DOS style line endings, i.e. CR/LF rather
than just CR as used in Unix.