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authorChong Yidong2012-01-26 23:48:27 +0800
committerChong Yidong2012-01-26 23:48:27 +0800
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Document negative repeat counts for search-forward and search-backward.
* doc/lispref/searching.texi (String Search): Document negative repeat count. * src/search.c (Fsearch_forward, Fsearch_backward): Document negative repeat counts (Bug#10507).
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diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
12012-01-26 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
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3 * search.c (Fsearch_forward, Fsearch_backward): Document negative
4 repeat counts (Bug#10507).
5
12012-01-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> 62012-01-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
2 7
3 * lread.c (syms_of_lread): Doc fix. 8 * lread.c (syms_of_lread): Doc fix.
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 67323b3c6e7..55a6d893479 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -2181,7 +2181,9 @@ An optional second argument bounds the search; it is a buffer position.
2181The match found must not extend before that position. 2181The match found must not extend before that position.
2182Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error). 2182Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error).
2183 If not nil and not t, position at limit of search and return nil. 2183 If not nil and not t, position at limit of search and return nil.
2184Optional fourth argument is repeat count--search for successive occurrences. 2184Optional fourth argument COUNT, if non-nil, means to search for COUNT
2185 successive occurrences. If COUNT is negative, search forward,
2186 instead of backward, for -COUNT occurrences.
2185 2187
2186Search case-sensitivity is determined by the value of the variable 2188Search case-sensitivity is determined by the value of the variable
2187`case-fold-search', which see. 2189`case-fold-search', which see.
@@ -2200,7 +2202,9 @@ The match found must not extend after that position. A value of nil is
2200 equivalent to (point-max). 2202 equivalent to (point-max).
2201Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error). 2203Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error).
2202 If not nil and not t, move to limit of search and return nil. 2204 If not nil and not t, move to limit of search and return nil.
2203Optional fourth argument is repeat count--search for successive occurrences. 2205Optional fourth argument COUNT, if non-nil, means to search for COUNT
2206 successive occurrences. If COUNT is negative, search backward,
2207 instead of forward, for -COUNT occurrences.
2204 2208
2205Search case-sensitivity is determined by the value of the variable 2209Search case-sensitivity is determined by the value of the variable
2206`case-fold-search', which see. 2210`case-fold-search', which see.