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

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Message #35 received at 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 16493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16493: 24.3.50;
 (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn
 visible-mode temporarily on
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:53:50 +0100

Hi Stefan,

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> So, IIUC you're indeed talking about the text made invisible by
> a text-property rather than an overlay, right?

Yes.

> I'm fine with making isearch "reveal" those as well.  Of course, "how"
> is an important question: tweaking buffer-invisibility-spec means that
> we don't just reveal the part of the text we're interested in, but all
> other parts hidden in the same way as well.  An alternative would be to
> temporarily remove the text-property.

Removing just the text property seems cleaner.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

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