[6105] keep on searching after search failure

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 6105
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6105
Author:   gavin
Date:     2015-02-07 10:52:18 +0000 (Sat, 07 Feb 2015)
Log Message:
-----------
keep on searching after search failure

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/info/session.c

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog     2015-02-07 00:52:09 UTC (rev 6104)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2015-02-07 10:52:18 UTC (rev 6105)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-02-07  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
+
+       * info/session.c (incremental_search): For searches uses regex, 
+       keep on searching for a match for a longer search string even if 
+       a shorter search string was not found.  Report from Werner 
+       Lemberg.
+
 2015-02-06  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
 
        * texindex/Makefile.am (ti.info, ti.html): let's generate files by

Modified: trunk/info/session.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/info/session.c        2015-02-07 00:52:09 UTC (rev 6104)
+++ trunk/info/session.c        2015-02-07 10:52:18 UTC (rev 6105)
@@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@
           isearch_string[isearch_string_index++] = key;
           isearch_string[isearch_string_index] = '\0';
 
-          if (search_result != search_success)
+          if (search_result != search_success && !use_regex)
             continue;
         }
       else if (func == &ea_rubout)