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25.0.93; dired-do-find-regexp doesn't find newline

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Message #106 received at 23426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com, heinz <at> h-rommerskirchen.de,
 dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: RE: bug#23426: 25.0.93; dired-do-find-regexp doesn't find newline
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:23:23 -0700 (PDT)

> > I'm trying to be clear that I _welcome_ your feature,
> > based on the description.  It sounds like something useful.
> >
> > I just don't think it's great that you feel you should
> > immediately replace other, existing ways to search,
> > including grabbing their key bindings.
> 
> Maybe you should actually try it before talking about it.

I'm not talking about it.  I'm talking about what it's replacing.

I can assume that it is wonderful.  And I understand something
about the usefulness of users seeing a set of search hits
together and being able to filter and choose among them.
I don't, for even a moment, doubt its advantages.

None of that speaks to why it should replace, instead of be an
addition to, the longstanding `A' and `Q' behavior, which do
not let users see a set of search hits.

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