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bug#35354: 26.2; `dired-do-query-replace-regexp': How to replace only wo
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#35354: 26.2; `dired-do-query-replace-regexp': How to replace only word-delimited matches? |
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Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:57:57 -0700 (PDT) |
> > `dired-do-query-replace-regexp' has taken the key binding of
> > `dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace'.
(I obviously said that backward. The latter took the
binding of the former.)
> > I was expecting that it would do
> > all that the latter does plus more.
>
> I don't really understand how we can both expect FROM
> to be a regexp and have a separate argument DELIMITED.
Why is that a problem?
That's exactly what `dired-do-query-replace-regexp' does.
Its FROM is a REGEXP. Doc string:
Do ‘query-replace-regexp’ of FROM with TO, on all marked files.
Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg) means replace only
word-delimited matches.
If you exit (C-g, RET or q), you can resume the query replace
with the command M-x tags-loop-continue.
(Of course, before the loss of key bindings, the last line
read simply "with the command M-,.)
> > How does a user use `dired-do-query-replace-regexp' to
> > replace only word-delimited matches?
(Again, I meant `dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace'.)
> How about \<input\>?
How do you specify delimited _replacement_? It's about
the 3rd element returned by `query-replace-read-args',
which you're not currently using anywhere (even though
it is provided).
It's no different than it is for `query-replace-regexp'
or other commands that use `query-replace-read-args'.
But `xref-query-replace-in-results' doesn't accept that
3rd element, DELIMITED. This bug report asks it to do so.
Also, args FROM and TO for `xref-query-replace-in-results'
aren't even described in its doc string. They should be.
The doc string of `dired-do-query-replace-regexp' refers
to `query-replace-regexp', so users can tell that FROM is
in fact a REGEXP. They deserve similar help for
`xref-query-replace-in-results', no?
`dired-do-query-replace-regexp' lets you use a prefix arg
to specify word-delimiting. A prefix arg isn't even used
for `dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace'. It would be simple
to do the same, provided `xref-query-replace-in-results'
could handle the DELIMITED arg.