GNU bug report logs - #8686
24.0.50; `re-search-backward' does not respect `search-invisible'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:10:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8686: 24.0.50; `re-search-backward' does not respect `search-invisible'
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:13:28 -0300

>> > Question: What is the simplest way, from Lisp, to get the "low-level
>> > C" search functions to optionally respect/ignore hidden text?
>> 
>> Something like
>> 
>> (while (and (re-search-forward blabla)
>> (invisible-p (point)))
>> ...)
>> 
>> The same idea can be used with syntax-ppss to skip over 
>> matches that are inside comments/strings.

> Yes, but why not have this built into the search functions themselves,
> just as is done for isearch?

Because I'd rather that the low-level functions do one thing and one
thing well.


        Stefan
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