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Re: query replace -- error with prompt instead of insert
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Ian Zimmerman |
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Re: query replace -- error with prompt instead of insert |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:55:32 -0700 |
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fork> So if there are two instances of 'foo' and I replace 'foo' with
fork> 'bar' but hit 'y' 10 times, I don't want to insert 8 'y'
fork> characters, but flash and error instead.
Your desires are contradictory.
The very purpose of prompts is to get input from a thinking human before
committing to each action. If you know in advance you want to always
answer `y', you should use the promptless replace-string.
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