From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastien Vauban Subject: Re: Possible bug: Can not search for text in links - only description Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:20:34 +0100 Message-ID: <861tkj66gt.fsf@example.com> References: <87mw3767gk.fsf@berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Richard Lawrence wrote: > Rainer M Krug writes: > >> I figured out that I can not search for text in the link. >> >> Thins is quite annoying, especially as I even thought of opening the >> file in another texteditor, search for the string, and save it again. >> >> As an example: if this link is in an org-mode file, A search for "exa" >> does not return any results. >> >> [[*Examples][Link to exp]] >> >> Is this a problem on my side? > > No, I confirm that that's how it works for me, too. > > I am not sure if this counts as a bug or not, so someone else should > still address this question. Maybe this is the desired behavior, given > that the link text is hidden? Or maybe it's just not possible to search > in hidden text? > > There's a less-drastic solution than switching to another editor though! > You can just turn off Org mode...try M-x fundamental-mode, then run the > search. M-x visible-mode is your friend here. Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban