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How can swiper or some other search be restricted to a range of columns in a buffer? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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When I do package-list-packages and I'm searching for a package, the search is not restricted to the package names, but searches the descriptions as well, and this requires scrolling down before starting the search.

Can the search be restricted to the column with the names?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is the meaning of that?
Just typing this at the swiper prompt searches for /-n....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The command is specific to the packages list.

It won't work with regular sniper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the explanation, that possibility did not cross my mind, since I'm used to use swiper. :)

TIL
So then it is / n.