GNU bug report logs - #14013
24.3.50; dired-isearch-filenames-regexp is matching text outside filenames

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 29215

Found in versions 24.3.50, 26.0

Fixed in version 29.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 14013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 14013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14013: 24.3.50;
	dired-isearch-filenames-regexp is matching text outside filenames
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.
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 352 days ago.

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