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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:19:55 -0400
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On 4/5/2010 1:36 PM, Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
>> Use of Ctrl+R in a `less' search breaks the search unless a search has
>> already succeeded.
>
> 1.7.3-1 fixed a lot of more important things, but unfortunately it
> didn't fix this one. A standard search must succeed before a ~R
> (Regex-off) search will succeed. So if I'm searching for something which
> requires regular expressions to be off, I'll never find it unless I
> first search for something that doesn't require Regex-off.
>
> I sent the cygcheck output with the original report last week. Do you
> need another one?

No what you sent was fine.  You're covered unless someone requests more
data.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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