Subject: Re: bug#14013: 24.3.50; dired-isearch-filenames-regexp is matching text outside filenames

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:59:19 +0200

> - M-x dired-isearch-filenames-regexp RET
>
> - Enter the character c (i.e. hit r in my example)
>
>   Only matches inside file names are found
>
> - Now hit .*
>
>   Now also matches starting before filenames are found.  This behavior
>   continues if you enter even more characters.

.* matches a whole line.  We can't hide from Isearch the fact
that lines in Dired contain more details besides filenames.
However, you can hide these details and leave only filenames
by using `dired-hide-details-mode' or typing `('.  Then .*
will match only visible filenames.