Re: recording-elisp.el - try recording commands as elisp code

[Richard Stallman]

    > That's just no good.  If the user wanted to replace with no queries he
    > would have run `replace-string' himself.

    I always use `M-% from RET to RET !' to replace all matches with
    no queries because this is very convenient user interface.  So Lisp
    recording should take care of this and convert the key `!' to the loop
    with search-forward and replace-match.

I agree, as regards that special case.