Re: xref-query-replace

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/19/2016 03:11 AM, John Wiegley wrote:

> Having read this entire thread, I come away thinking that the UI for this
> feature is much more complex than it needs to be. If it's not obvious to use,
> and it's not obvious when it's used wrong, this must be corrected.

Please come forward with suggestions.

> It's symbol lookup. It's a key feature that every IDE has had since the
> beginning of time.

What is?

The sentences you're quoting are referring to the semantic difference 
between an arbitrary xref output (where we allow references that resolve 
to a buffer position lazily, as well as which don't point exactly to the 
position where the e.g. function name starts, but to the beginning of 
the line) vs. xref output containing essentially filtered results of a 
Grep search, where the positions of the beginning and end of the "match" 
are known.

> It should work sanely in Emacs, and the fact that Eli has
> had these experiences makes me think that the UI for xref is not ready for
> release (by which I mean at this point: we don't document it or indicate that
> it's present, until it's ready).

UI for xref, or just xref-query-replace?

Anyway, you're welcome to do whatever you think is appropriate.