You may switch back to literal searches using the `R' command.
We can also implement a variable in ~/.info which will control the
default search type. What do you think?
I don't see a reason to add a variable.
The only interesting change would be for it to automatically fall back
to searching as a string instead of giving an error message. E.g.,
RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS|RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS. Except those don't
mention (...). Hmm. Emacs search does treat an open-group operator as
normal when there is no close-group, so it must be there somewhere.
Oh well. Not worth your time to go further IMHO.
Thanks,
Karl