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Re: query-replace-interactive not documented
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: query-replace-interactive not documented |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:16:09 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> How about typing a special key (say, `M-e', where "e" stands for
> "eval" or "expression") in the second prompt for a replacement string
> to switch it to expression reading mode, and after typing RET
> to call `query-replace-regexp-eval' instead of `query-replace-regexp'.
> Actually, this means typing:
>
> C-M-% from-string RET M-e to-expr RET
>
> This is rather obsure, and ad hoc.
This is not quite ad hoc. Some GNU programs already provide exactly
the same feature. Here is an excerpt from `man less':
/pattern
[...]
Certain characters are special if entered at the beginning of the
pattern; they modify the type of search rather than become part
of the pattern:
[^N ^E ^F ^K skipped...]
^R Don't interpret regular expression metacharacters;
that is, do a simple textual comparison.
> So it is probably harder to remember than M-x que TAB - TAB - TAB,
> which works now and can be found systematically from the command
> name.
What do you think about documenting `query-replace-regexp-eval'
in the Emacs manual even without a keybinding?
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Juri Linkov, 2004/06/11
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Kim F. Storm, 2004/06/11
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, David Kastrup, 2004/06/11
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/11
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/12
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Miles Bader, 2004/06/12
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, David Kastrup, 2004/06/13
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/14
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Kim F. Storm, 2004/06/14
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, David Kastrup, 2004/06/14
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Juri Linkov, 2004/06/15
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, David Kastrup, 2004/06/15
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, Juri Linkov, 2004/06/15
- Re: query-replace-interactive not documented, David Kastrup, 2004/06/15