occur(3)

NAME

SYNOPSIS

occur

DESCRIPTION

occur performs a regular expression search for a string in the current buffer; generating a list of every occurrence of the regular expression in the buffer.

On invocation the user is prompted for a Regular Expressions the buffer is searched for the expression and the results are presented in the *item-list* window appearing at the left-hand side of the window.

The user may interact with the *item-list* buffer using the mouse or <RETURN>, on selecting a line then the user is moved to the corresponding line in the original buffer.

NOTES

The *item-list* window may be closed with the command item-list-close(3) typically bound to esc-F7.

occur is a macro defined in itemlist.emf.

SEE ALSO

item-list(3), item-list-close(3), search-forward(2), Regular Expressions

(c) Copyright JASSPA 2009
Last Modified: 2009/08/29
Generated On: 2009/10/12