>>>>> "AR" == Alessandro Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Just repeat the M-s (or a plain `s').
AR> It doesn't repeat for me (emacs 20.3). I tried it.
Did you check your emacs/lisp/info.el file and look at the
definition of the Info-search command?
>> Hmmm.... a user interface bug? Info-search does not
>> present you with the default search when you repeat
>> the search, so it looks as if it is not going to make
>> the search. Also, if you are like me, you may forget
>> exactly what regexp you are searching for. It might
>> be a good idea to put the regexp into the prompt,
>> where it can be edited or left as is for a repeat.
>> What do you think?
AR> I think the user interface of I-search is a good
AR> one. Thus I expected to find the same interface
AR> here.
Here is a patch that shows the previous regexp on the minibuffer.
Is this what you had in mind?
$ rcsdiff -c info.el
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/info.el,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -c -r1.1 info.el
*** info.el 2000/06/18 22:57:42 1.1
--- info.el 2000/06/23 18:10:51
***************
*** 954,960 ****
(defun Info-search (regexp)
"Search for REGEXP, starting from point, and select node it's found in.
Just hit RETURN to use the last REGEXP."
! (interactive "sSearch (regexp): ")
(if transient-mark-mode (deactivate-mark))
(if (equal regexp "")
(setq regexp Info-last-search)
--- 954,964 ----
(defun Info-search (regexp)
"Search for REGEXP, starting from point, and select node it's found in.
Just hit RETURN to use the last REGEXP."
! (interactive
! (let ((default (if Info-last-search
! (format "(default %s) " Info-last-search)
! "")))
! (list (read-string (format "Search (regexp): %s" default)))))
(if transient-mark-mode (deactivate-mark))
(if (equal regexp "")
(setq regexp Info-last-search)
