Re: looking for: query-replace with a "yank-word" binding ala isearch

[Kevin Rodgers]

bigfaceworm wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone had a yank-word binding for query-replace
> similar to the C-w binding for isearch-forward.
>
> I tried defining my own, but because the control switches to the 
> minibuffer, I'm not sure how to find the buffer in which to do:
>
>     (buffer-substring (point) (progn (forward-word 1) (point)))

Try wrapping that in

(save-excursion
  (set-buffer (window-buffer minibuffer-scroll-window))
  ...)

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