Re: improving query-replace and query-replace-regexp

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> BTW, the other little minibuffer hack I had proposed enabling by default
>> was `file-name-shadow-mode'
>
> I think I like it, except when I use url-handler-mode because it
> treats file names like http://foo/bar incorrectly.

These seem to work a bit oddly in the context of filename input (when
substitute-in-file-name is used) anyway, e.g., -- they won't be properly
handled unless the user manually erases the filename prefix.

In their current form, they could be handled by file-name-shadow-mode as
a special case, or theoretically handled in a general manner by adding
to file-name-handler-alist, but I wonder if their current behavior is
even desirable... it seems like a grey area.

-Miles
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