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emacs: Incremental Search

 
 15.1 Incremental Search
 =======================
 
 The principal search command in Emacs is “incremental”: it begins
 searching as soon as you type the first character of the search string.
 As you type in the search string, Emacs shows you where the string (as
 you have typed it so far) would be found.  When you have typed enough
 characters to identify the place you want, you can stop.  Depending on
 what you plan to do next, you may or may not need to terminate the
 search explicitly with <RET>.
 
 ‘C-s’
      Incremental search forward (‘isearch-forward’).
 ‘C-r’
      Incremental search backward (‘isearch-backward’).
 

Menu

 
· Basic Isearch        Basic incremental search commands.
· Repeat Isearch       Searching for the same string again.
· Isearch Yank         Commands that grab text into the search string
                            or else edit the search string.
· Error in Isearch     When your string is not found.
· Special Isearch      Special input in incremental search.
· Not Exiting Isearch  Prefix argument and scrolling commands.
· Isearch Minibuffer   Incremental search of the minibuffer history.
 

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