Subject: bug#16493: 24.3.50; (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn visible-mode temporarily on

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:30:54 -0500

> We lack a way to reveal truly invisible text when performing a search
> and replace.  The URL of a bracket link in Org is an example of such
> truly invisible text.

What do you mean by "truly invisible"?  Does that refer to text that's
marked with an `invisible' text-property (as opposed to an overlay with
that property)?

        Stefan