Most of the search commands perform straight forward searches, but there are two useful commands ( Incremental Search and Reverse Incremental Search ) which perform incremental searches. This means that the search is started as soon as the first character is typed.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: Ctrl+S string
Searches forward, starting from the current point, for the search string that is input, beginning the search as soon as each character is typed in. When a match is found for the search string, the current point is moved to the end of the matched string. If the search string is not found between the current point and the end of the buffer, an error is signalled.
The search can be controlled by entering one of the following key sequences at any time during the search.
If the search string is empty, repeats the last incremental search, otherwise repeats a forward search for the current search string.
If the search string cannot be found, starts the search from the beginning of the buffer (wrap-around search).
Changes to a backward (reverse) search.
Cancels the last character typed.
If the search string is empty, invokes a non-incremental search, otherwise exits the search, leaving the current point at the last find.
Aborts the search, returning the current point to its original location.
If the search string cannot be found, cancels the last character typed (equivalent to Delete ).
Quotes the next character typed.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: Ctrl+R string
Searches backward, starting from the current point, for the search string that is input, beginning the search as soon as each character is provided. When a match is found for the search string, the current point is moved to the start of the matched string. If the search string is not found between the current point and the beginning of the buffer, an error is signalled.
The search can be controlled by entering one of the following key sequences at any time during the search.
If the search string is empty, repeats the last incremental search, otherwise repeats a backward search for the current search string.
If the search string cannot be found, starts the search from the end of the buffer (wrap-around search).
Changes to a forward search.
Cancels the last character typed.
If the search string is empty, invokes a non-incremental search, otherwise exits the search, leaving the current point at the last find.
Aborts the search, returning the current point to its original location.
If the search string cannot be found, cancels the last character typed (equivalent to Delete ).
Quotes the next character typed.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: Ctrl+S Esc string
editor:forward-search-command p &optional string the-pointThe default for the-point is the current point.
Searches forwards from the-point for string . When a match is found, the-point is moved to the end of the matched string. In contrast with Incremental Search , the search string must be terminated with a carriage return before any searching is done. If an empty string is provided, the last search is repeated.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: Ctrl+R Esc string
editor:reverse-search-command p &optional string the-pointThe default for the-point is the current point.
Searches backwards from the-point for string . When a match is found, the-point is moved to the start of the matched string. In contrast with Reverse Incremental Search , the search string must be terminated with a carriage return before any searching is done. If an empty string is provided, the last search is repeated.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: None
editor:list-matching-lines-command p &optional stringLists all lines after the current point that contain string , in a Matches window.
A prefix argument causes the appropriate number of lines before and after each matching line to be listed also.
Arguments: string
Key sequence: None
editor:delete-matching-lines-command p &optional stringDeletes all lines after the current point that match string .
Arguments: string
Key sequence: None
editor:delete-non-matching-lines-command p &optional stringDeletes all lines after the current point that do not match string .
Arguments: string
Key sequence: None
Searches all the buffers for string . If only one buffer contains string, it becomes the current one, with the cursor positioned at the start of the string. If more than one buffer contains the string, a popup window displays a list of those buffers. A buffer may then be selected from this list.
Arguments: directory string
Key sequence: None
Searches files in directory for string . Only files with the suffix .lisp or .lsp are searched. The current working directory is offered as a default for directory . A non- nil prefix argument causes all files to be searched, except for those ending with one of the strings in the list system:*ignorable-file-suffices* . Use the key sequence +, to find subsequent definitions of the search string.
Arguments: system string
Key sequence: None
Searches system for string . Use the key sequence +, to find subsequent definitions of the search string.
Default value: :string-insensitive
Defines the default method of searching. By default, all searching (including regexp searching) ignores case. If you want searching to be case-sensitive, the value of this variable should be set to :string-sensitive using Set Variable .
Arguments: None
Default binding: None
editor:count-occurrences-command p &optional stringCounts the number of occurrences of string .
It is also possible to search a set of files programatically using the seach-files function: