Homepage: https://github.com/mickeynp/smart-scan
Author: Mickey Petersen
Updated:
Jumps between other symbols found at point
This code comes from my article "Effective Editing I: Movement" http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2011/01/14/effective-editing-movement/ Smart Scan lets you jump between symbols in your buffer, based on the initial symbol your point was on when you started the search. Incremental calls will still respect the original search query so you can move up or down in your buffer, quickly, to find other matches without having to resort to `isearch' to find things first. The main advantage over isearch is speed: Smart Scan will guess the symbol point is on and immediately find other symbols matching it, in an unintrusive way. INSTALLATION Install package (package-install 'smartscan) Enable minor mode in a specific mode hook using (smartscan-mode 1) or globally using (global-smartscan-mode 1) HOW TO USE IT Simply type `smartscan-symbol-go-forward' (or press M-n) to go forward; or `smartscan-symbol-go-backward' (M-p) to go back. Additionally, you can replace all symbols point is on by invoking M-' (that's "M-quote") CUSTOMIZATION You can customize `smartscan-use-extended-syntax' to alter (temporarily, when you search) the syntax table used by Smart Scan to find matches in your buffer. CHANGES 0.3: Only consider `-' to be part of a word in LISP modes.