Re: Make a simple search in an info file.

[Michael Cadilhac]

"Phillip Lord" <Phillip.Lord@newcastle.ac.uk> writes:

> Michael Cadilhac wrote:
>>   Hi !
>> 
>>   I've a  strong desire those days:  make a _simple_  search within an
>>   info file or in outline-mode.
>> 
>>   For  example,  open  the  Elisp  manual,  and  search  for  <  local
>>   variables:  >. Isearch  will then  go to  every _references_  to the
>>   section  Local Variables,  and  not  to every  actual  match of  the
>>   search (_with_ the `:' ).
>> 
>>   It's because the search is made on the real text, that's to say, the
>>   whole  text  without hidden  things.  Here,  references  on <  Local
>>   Varibles > are of the form  < Local Variables: definition of thing >
>>   but just shown as < Local Variables > ; that explains the match.
>> 
>>   It's like in outline mode when some hidden subtrees are hidden: when
>>   a search is made, Isearch also searches in the hidden text.
>> 
>>   Can I param Isearch to make the search on the literal shown text ?
>
> It's not doing what you want, but "i local variables" will do an index
> lookup, which will get you what you want. 

  Indeed, it doesn't do what I want :-) Thanks anyway !

> If you want to do an isearch, doesn't M-x widen, C-s do what you want? 

  Nop, neither for info nor for outline-mode :-/

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