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Re: zsh-lovers

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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: fREW <frioux@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zsh-lovers
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:39:59 -0500
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In the last episode (Aug 05), fREW said:
> > I can't stand info; I use "man zshall" and do my searching in less.
> > It's so easy to zip through matches with "n" and "N", as opposed to
> > info where you have to hit "s <enter>" to go forward, and if you
> > overshoot there's no way to back up to the previous match.
> 
> I find searching with less extremely clumsy.  What's the syntax for a
> for loop?  Try searching for a very common english word, for, and you
> will very quickly get frustrated.

I would search for "   for ", which will give you matches for the word
'for' at the left edge of the text.  The syntax for the 'for' commands
is the 4th match.  Info's index works great if what you're looking for
is indexed, but that's not always the case.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

References:
- zsh-lovers
  - From: fREW
- Re: zsh-lovers
  - From: Stephane Chazelas
- Re: zsh-lovers
  - From: Dan Nelson
- Re: zsh-lovers
  - From: fREW

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