texinfo doc/info-stnd.texi NEWS

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/texinfo
Module name:    texinfo
Changes by:     Sergey Poznyakoff <gray>        11/07/28 08:14:16

Modified files:
        doc            : info-stnd.texi 
        .              : NEWS 

Log message:
        Document min-search-length.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/doc/info-stnd.texi?cvsroot=texinfo&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/NEWS?cvsroot=texinfo&r1=1.202&r2=1.203

Patches:
Index: doc/info-stnd.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texinfo/texinfo/doc/info-stnd.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- doc/info-stnd.texi  18 Mar 2011 23:20:37 -0000      1.30
+++ doc/info-stnd.texi  28 Jul 2011 08:14:16 -0000      1.31
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 vb\input texinfo.tex    @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: info-stnd.texi,v 1.30 2011/03/18 23:20:37 karl Exp $
address@hidden $Id: info-stnd.texi,v 1.31 2011/07/28 08:14:16 gray Exp $
 @c We must \input texinfo.tex instead of texinfo, otherwise make
 @c distcheck in the Texinfo distribution fails, because the texinfo Info
 @c file is made first, and texi2dvi must include . first in the path.
@@ -980,6 +980,10 @@
 @var{N}, search for @var{N}th occurrence of the string.  Negative
 arguments search backwards.
 
+Normally, the search pattern should not be shorter than some
+predefined limit.  By default, this limit is set to 3 characters.
address@hidden, for more information on this.
+
 @item @kbd{?} (@code{search-backward}, vi-like operation)
 @kindex ?, vi-like operation
 @findex search-backward
@@ -1049,6 +1053,10 @@
 Look up a string in the indices for this Info file, and select a node
 to which the found index entry points.
 
+Normally, the search string should not be shorter than some
+predefined limit.  By default, this limit is set to 3 characters.
address@hidden, for more information on this.
+
 @item @kbd{,} (@code{next-index-match})
 @kindex ,
 @findex next-index-match
@@ -1936,6 +1944,12 @@
 character set is in use, and allows you to input such characters to
 Info, as well as display them.
 
address@hidden
address@hidden min-search-length
+Minimal length of a search string.  Attempts to initiate a
+search for a string (or regular expression) shorter than this value,
+result in error.  The default is 3 characters.
+
 @anchor{scroll-behavior}
 @item scroll-behavior
 @itemx scroll-behaviour

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texinfo/texinfo/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.202
retrieving revision 1.203
diff -u -b -r1.202 -r1.203
--- NEWS        23 May 2011 23:35:51 -0000      1.202
+++ NEWS        28 Jul 2011 08:14:16 -0000      1.203
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: NEWS,v 1.202 2011/05/23 23:35:51 karl Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.203 2011/07/28 08:14:16 gray Exp $
 This NEWS file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
 See the manual for detailed information.
 
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
   . INFOPATH is determined from PATH by default, or if an element "PATH"
     is specified.
   . Info keywords not included in searches.
+  . There is a lower limit on the length of search patterns.  The default
+    value is 3.  It can be changed by setting the variable min-search-length,
+    either by `M-x set-variable', or using infokey.
   . xz compression supported.
 
 * install-info: