Re: Search for a word in Emacs as is done in gvim

[Tassilo Horn]

rakeshg <rakeshbabugr@gmail.com> writes:

> By having the cursor on a particular word, and pressing "*" key , we
> can search for the word in the files.
>
> In emacs we have first copy the word and then do Ctl-S and then paste
> it.

No, do `M-b C-s C-w' and be fine.  (M-b goes to the beginning of the
word, C-s starts isearch and C-w captures the word from point to end and
inserts it at the isearch prompt.

If you need that often, pack it in a macro or write a function to do
that.

Bye,
Tassilo
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