Re: [Cscope-devel] [RFC] add ability to do subset searches in cscope

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Neil Horman wrote:
> 	I was thinking about adding a feature to cscope in which the results of
> a search could themsleves be searched, creating the ability to do subset
> searches.  I figured I implement this by adding a hotkey (perhaps ctrl-l) 

No --- Ctrl-L is already used up. As usual in full-screen programs on
Unix, Ctrl-L, a.k.a. form-feed, re-draws the screen in case it was
corrupted by system messages or other snafus.

 > to lock the results of the last search into a list, such that 
subsequent search
> results would only apply to the files returned by the previously locked search.

Why lock to the files, instead of the functions, or the exact lines found?

I've rejected feature requests along these line before, typically 
because what those users were trying to do could already be done by 
using regexps as search patterns.