Hello Karl, bug-texinfo readers, I just noted a weird difference between texinfo 4.8's info and current CVS: when I use I-search (CTRL-s) to search for, say, `a.', or `a*', it does not match literally anymore, but interprets the strings as a regular expression. While that seems to be intended, according to a NEWS entry, it is not possible to use, say, backslash or brackets to escape regex-active characters: `a\.', or `a[.]'.
I should note that the R switch to toggle the interactive searching mode seems to work as intended. Moreover, may I suggest that the prompt be changed from `I-search: ' to, say `Regex-I-search: ' or similar, when the regex-mode is active, so that the difference is immediately apparent? That would have given me enough clue to not suspect a bug, and to look right away for a switch to turn this behavior off. Thanks, Ralf
