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master 38c2a45882: Explain what "pending" means in isearch


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: 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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