Document `isearch-forward-symbol-at-point'.

* doc/emacs/search.texi (Symbol Search): Document `isearch-forward-symbol-at-point'.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 64b77d9c1da..fbc7da4b1c7 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2013-12-22  Xue Fuqiao  <xfq.free@gmail.com>
 
+        * search.texi (Symbol Search): Document `isearch-forward-symbol-at-point'.
+
         * files.texi (File Conveniences): Document `image-next-file' and `image-previous-file'.
 
         * display.texi (Optional Mode Line): Fix an index.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi
index 13e61b70264..16eed9b16dc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/search.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ searching source code.
 If incremental search is active, toggle symbol search mode
 (@code{isearch-toggle-symbol}); otherwise, begin an incremental
 forward symbol search (@code{isearch-forward-symbol}).
+@item M-s .
+Start a symbol incremental search forward with the symbol found near
+point added to the search string initially.
 @item M-s _ @key{RET} @var{symbol} @key{RET}
 Search forward for @var{symbol}, nonincrementally.
 @item M-s _ C-r @key{RET} @var{symbol} @key{RET}
@@ -513,9 +516,12 @@ Search backward for @var{symbol}, nonincrementally.
 @end table
 
 @kindex M-s _
+@kindex M-s .
 @findex isearch-forward-symbol
-  To begin a forward incremental symbol search, type @kbd{M-s _}.  If
-incremental search is not already active, this runs the command
+@findex isearch-forward-symbol-at-point
+  To begin a forward incremental symbol search, type @kbd{M-s _} (or
+@kbd{M-s .} if the symbol to search is near point).  If incremental
+search is not already active, this runs the command
 @code{isearch-forward-symbol}.  If incremental search is already
 active, @kbd{M-s _} switches to a symbol search, preserving the
 direction of the search and the current search string; you can disable
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c73c2cc1946..c52e596e56e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ rather than mboxo.  Customize `unrmail-mbox-format' to change this.
 
 ** Search and Replace
 
++++
 *** New global command `M-s .' (`isearch-forward-symbol-at-point')
 starts a symbol (identifier) incremental search forward with the
 symbol found near point added to the search string initially.