Subject: Re: bug#60930: 30.0.50; 24.3 Choosing File Modes section of Emacs manual does not explain dealing with backup files

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 13:36:31 +0200

> From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:08:31 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> >> Sure. But wouldn't it be nice to have an ability to do orederless-style
> >> search across index keywords right from info.el?
> >
> > I don't think I understand what you mean by "orederless-style search"
> > in this context.  Please elaborate.
> 
> getting matches for arbitrary keyword order in the completion buffer:
> 
>    @cindex backup files, choosing a major mode
> 
> could be matched by typing, say, "file<SPC>major<SPC>back"

That's up to the completion style you are using, right?

In any case, "i backup file RET" says there are just 8 candidates, so
it isn't a problem going over them one by one.