From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Lorentzson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Emacs manual "Replacement Commands", added link request Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:59:56 +0200 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200207031859.g63IxuVL000650@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025722792 7538 127.0.0.1 (3 Jul 2002 18:59:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17PpLy-0001xS-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:59:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17PpMV-0003Z3-00; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from as3-5-8.mt.g.bonet.se ([217.215.125.208] helo=localhost.localdomain) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17PpM4-0003Tz-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 14:59:56 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (martin@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g63IxuX4000654 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:59:56 +0200 Original-Received: (from martin@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g63IxuVL000650; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:59:56 +0200 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2432 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2432 This is GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu). The Emacs manual, chapter "Replacement Commands" mentions Transient Mark mode as a generic way to make replacement commands operate on the region as opposed to the buffer. However, no link is provided to the "Transient Mark Mode" chapter. I think such a link should be added. Here's a diff against search.texi, revision 1.33 from the Savannah CVS archive: *** /home/martin/src/emacs/search.texi.org Wed Jul 3 20:54:52 2002 --- /home/martin/src/emacs/search.texi Wed Jul 3 20:55:53 2002 *************** *** 798,808 **** of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it. The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the ! end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode, when the mark is ! active, they operate on the region. The replace commands all replace ! one string (or regexp) with one replacement string. It is possible to ! perform several replacements in parallel using the command ! @code{expand-region-abbrevs} (@pxref{Expanding Abbrevs}). @menu * Unconditional Replace:: Replacing all matches for a string. --- 798,809 ---- of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it. The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the ! end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}), ! when the mark is active, they operate on the region. The replace ! commands all replace one string (or regexp) with one replacement ! string. It is possible to perform several replacements in parallel ! using the command @code{expand-region-abbrevs} (@pxref{Expanding ! Abbrevs}). @menu * Unconditional Replace:: Replacing all matches for a string.