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master 38c2a45882: Explain what "pending" means in isearch
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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master 38c2a45882: Explain what "pending" means in isearch |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 08:23:14 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 38c2a4588295a910b38736f0bfcc1cc5e5624520
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Explain what "pending" means in isearch
* doc/emacs/search.texi (Regexp Search): Explain what "Pending"
usually means (bug#10148).
---
doc/emacs/search.texi | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi
index f2d82324e9..c990f5d766 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/search.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi
@@ -899,11 +899,13 @@ character folding during incremental regexp search with
@kbd{M-s '},
the search becomes a non-regexp search and the search pattern you
typed is interpreted as a literal string.)
+@cindex pending, in incremental search
In some cases, adding characters to the regexp in an incremental
regexp search can make the cursor move back and start again. For
example, if you have searched for @samp{foo} and you add @samp{\|bar},
the cursor backs up in case the first @samp{bar} precedes the first
-@samp{foo}. @xref{Regexps}.
+@samp{foo}. (The prompt will change to say ``Pending'' to notify the
+user that this recalculation has happened.) @xref{Regexps}.
Forward and backward regexp search are not symmetrical, because
regexp matching in Emacs always operates forward, starting with the
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