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23.2.91; Info-isearch-search fails isearch

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7718: 23.2.91; Info-isearch-search fails isearch
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:28:49 +0000

>> Info-isearch-search does not implement the noerror arg because it just passes it
>> unchanged to Info-search.  Do you mean Info-search should implement noerror for
>> some non-interactive uses?  What it should do when noerror is non-nil?
>
> That's what I meant. Info-search doesn't implement noerror. I think it
> should be like the default isearch search functions:
> re-/search-forward/backward: Optional argument, if t, means if fail just
> return nil (no error).

But the whole logic of Isearch using Info-search is built on the
assumption that Info-search ignores the noerror arg (that is usually t).
This allow Isearch to fail in the initial Info node
and to continue searching through other nodes without failing.

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