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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/searching.texi


From: Richard M . Stallman
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/searching.texi
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:12:01 -0400

Index: emacs/lispref/searching.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.62 emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.63
*** emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.62   Wed Jun 22 23:15:47 2005
--- emacs/lispref/searching.texi        Wed Jul  6 22:12:01 2005
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*** 850,866 ****
  
  If @var{repeat} is supplied, it must be a positive number; the search
  is repeated that many times; each repetition starts at the end of the
! previous match.  If all these successive searches succeed, the
! function succeeds, moving point and returning its new value.
! Otherwise the function fails.
! 
! What happens when the function fails depends on the value of
! @var{noerror}.  If @var{noerror} is @code{nil}, a @code{search-failed}
! error is signaled.  If @var{noerror} is @code{t},
! @code{re-search-forward} does nothing and returns @code{nil}.  If
! @var{noerror} is neither @code{nil} nor @code{t}, then
! @code{re-search-forward} moves point to @var{limit} (or the end of the
! accessible portion of the buffer) and returns @code{nil}.
  
  In the following example, point is initially before the @samp{T}.
  Evaluating the search call moves point to the end of that line (between
--- 850,869 ----
  
  If @var{repeat} is supplied, it must be a positive number; the search
  is repeated that many times; each repetition starts at the end of the
! previous match.  If all these successive searches succeed, the search
! succeeds, moving point and returning its new value.  Otherwise the
! search fails.  What @code{re-search-forward} does when the search
! fails depends on the value of @var{noerror}:
! 
! @table @asis
! @item @code{nil}
! Signal a @code{search-failed} error.
! @item @code{t}
! Do nothing and return @code{nil}.
! @item anything else
! Move point to @var{limit} (or the end of the accessible portion of the
! buffer) and return @code{nil}.
! @end table
  
  In the following example, point is initially before the @samp{T}.
  Evaluating the search call moves point to the end of that line (between




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