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From: david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp)
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Subject: Find Function Should Scan Ahead
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Date: 27 Nov 90 18:01:14 GMT
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I find it fun to use the mode in which the find key moves to the next
match of the string as you type each character.  Sometimes when I am
tired of waiting for screen updates, I ponder the possibility of using
the option to disable this.  By the time I make up my mind, I get to
my location and forgive emacs for taking so long.

The way it should work is to look at all the keys I have typed thus
far, instead of updating the screen for each one as they arrive from
the buffer.  If the scanner would just empty the buffer each time it
processes a key, it would provide the best of each worlds.

I am not in a position to make this change myself, but I would
appreciate this being changed in emacs.  

Thanks,  -David-

david@wubios.wustl.edu             ^     Mr. David J. Camp
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