Re: Aborting a search nicely

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From: Gary Beckmann
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 01:57

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    (if (re-search-forward "String" nil t)
        (some-commands-follow))

Key it the optional third argument which is non-nil.  I would suggest
typing "^Hfre-search-forward^M" which is where I got the info from.  

gary
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Subject: Re: Aborting a search nicely
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