>> So you prefer to slow down only when the user types C-s? >> This is possible by adding a local hook in >> wdired-change-to-wdired-mode: >> >> (add-hook 'isearch-mode-hook #'font-lock-ensure nil t) > > A step back: I now tried to reproduce the recipe, but I only see the > clobbered match data error (randomly) - I don't see only the visible > buffer portion operated on. With other words: I can't reproduce the > issue, at least not with the "visible buffer portion" interpretation, > and I don't see that we would need to call `font-lock-ensure' at all.
Maybe this is reproducible only on very long Dired buffers? > Second: I'm confused. Apparently, when `dired-isearch-filenames-mode' > is on, why do `search-forward-regexp' and `replace-regexp' behave > differently? `search-forward-regexp' does find matches outside of file > names that `replace-regexp' ignores. `replace-regexp' uses Isearch functions, `search-forward-regexp' is a core function that doesn't use Isearch.
