* bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region
@ 2013-09-05 12:55 Jarek Czekalski
2013-09-05 15:49 ` Jambunathan K
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jarek Czekalski @ 2013-09-05 12:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 15275
emacs started with -Q. Documentation of function (replace-string)
says:
In Transient Mark mode, if the mark is active, operate on the contents
of the region. Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer.
However I can't make it work on a region and it always replaces
from the point up to the end of buffer. For example this call:
(replace-string "a" "x")
If I execute it through M-x, it works correctly, working only on the region.
In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
-ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'
Important settings:
value of $LANG: PLK
locale-coding-system: cp1250
default enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Minor modes in effect:
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
<up> <up> <up> <up> <S-down> M-: ( r e p l a c e -
s t r i n g SPC " i " SPC " * " ) <return> M-x r e
p o r <tab> <return>
Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Mark set [2 times]
Replaced 8 occurrences
nil
Load-path shadows:
None found.
Features:
(shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml
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mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks
lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp w32-common-fns disp-table w32-win
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w32 multi-tty emacs)
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* bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region
2013-09-05 12:55 bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region Jarek Czekalski
@ 2013-09-05 15:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-05 16:40 ` Glenn Morris
2013-09-06 1:39 ` Glenn Morris
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jambunathan K @ 2013-09-05 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jarek Czekalski; +Cc: 15275
Jarek Czekalski <jarekczek@poczta.onet.pl> writes:
> emacs started with -Q. Documentation of function (replace-string)
> says:
>
> In Transient Mark mode, if the mark is active, operate on the contents
> of the region. Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer.
>
> However I can't make it work on a region and it always replaces
> from the point up to the end of buffer. For example this call:
>
> (replace-string "a" "x")
>
> If I execute it through M-x, it works correctly, working only on the
> region.
1. Mark a region
2. Replace string
M-x replace-string RET a RET x RET
3. Do
M-x list-command-histort RET
4. You will find something like this.
(replace-string "a" "x" nil
(if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
(region-beginning))
(if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
(region-end)))
This will probably provide some clue on what you are looking for.
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
> of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
> `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
> -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'
>
> Important settings:
> value of $LANG: PLK
> locale-coding-system: cp1250
> default enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Lisp Interaction
>
> Minor modes in effect:
> tooltip-mode: t
> mouse-wheel-mode: t
> tool-bar-mode: t
> menu-bar-mode: t
> file-name-shadow-mode: t
> global-font-lock-mode: t
> font-lock-mode: t
> blink-cursor-mode: t
> auto-composition-mode: t
> auto-encryption-mode: t
> auto-compression-mode: t
> line-number-mode: t
> transient-mark-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> <up> <up> <up> <up> <S-down> M-: ( r e p l a c e -
> s t r i n g SPC " i " SPC " * " ) <return> M-x r e
> p o r <tab> <return>
>
> Recent messages:
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> Mark set [2 times]
> Replaced 8 occurrences
> nil
>
> Load-path shadows:
> None found.
>
> Features:
> (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml
> easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231
> mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
> mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks
> lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp w32-common-fns disp-table w32-win
> w32-vars tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list
> newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select
> scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham
> georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao
> korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic
> indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple
> abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files
> text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule
> custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process
> w32 multi-tty emacs)
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* bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region
2013-09-05 12:55 bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region Jarek Czekalski
2013-09-05 15:49 ` Jambunathan K
@ 2013-09-05 16:40 ` Glenn Morris
2013-09-05 21:14 ` Jarek Czekalski
2013-09-06 1:39 ` Glenn Morris
2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-05 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jarek Czekalski; +Cc: 15275
In non-interactive use, you need to specify START and END explicitly.
This is fairly common for Emacs commands.
But note that the doc-string says: "This function is usually the wrong
thing to use in a Lisp program."
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* bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region
2013-09-05 16:40 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2013-09-05 21:14 ` Jarek Czekalski
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jarek Czekalski @ 2013-09-05 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 15275
W dniu 09/05/2013 06:40 PM, Glenn Morris pisze:
> In non-interactive use, you need to specify START and END explicitly.
> This is fairly common for Emacs commands.
> But note that the doc-string says: "This function is usually the wrong
> thing to use in a Lisp program."
>
I was not going to use it from Lisp program. I just find it convenient
to have the whole replacement command on one line. If the function
worked the way it is described in docs, it would be perfect.
But I am emacs newbie, you decide. A newbie just reads the docs and
hopes the program works according to docs.
Cheers
Jarek
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* bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region
2013-09-05 12:55 bug#15275: 24.3; replace-string function does not respect current region Jarek Czekalski
2013-09-05 15:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-05 16:40 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2013-09-06 1:39 ` Glenn Morris
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-06 1:39 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 15275-done
Version: 24.4
Clarified the doc.
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