#266: Backward search doesn't find underlined text
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Reporter: egmont | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: 4.7
Component: mc-core | Version: 4.6.2
Keywords: | Blocking:
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If you view a manual page in mc's built-in viewer, and do a backward
search (F7) for some underlined (a.k.a. red) text, it won't match.
Reason: backward search is implemented by reversing both the haystack and
the needle and then calling normal (forward) search. Underlined text in
man pages are implemented by an underscore, followed by a backspace,
followed by the desired letter. mc's icase_search() ignores the character
before the backspace to be able to search in man pages. Guess what happens
however if you reverse an underscored letter in a manpage...
Obvious consequence: As the Summary shows, backward search doesn't find
the text you're looking for.
Funny consequence: If you do a backward search for some underscores, it
finds every red text.
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