From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ed Avis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14708: 24.2; query-replace-regexp when match and replacement are the same Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:30:46 +0000 Message-ID: <7E039918541B4C4183BFDB8F015C74300E9459@WCL-EXCH02.wcl.local> References: <7E039918541B4C4183BFDB8F015C74300E8E80@WCL-EXCH02.wcl.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372091476 28426 80.91.229.3 (24 Jun 2013 16:31:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "14708@debbugs.gnu.org" <14708@debbugs.gnu.org> To: 'Josh' Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 24 18:31:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fg-0001kc-B6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:31:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46882 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9ff-0008JD-Lh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:31:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fW-0008GZ-7f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:31:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fT-00049N-Iu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44558) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fS-00048s-W6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fS-0001ku-54 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:31:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Ed Avis Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14708 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14708-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14708.13720914566730 (code B ref 14708); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14708) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jun 2013 16:30:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38874 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fM-0001kS-4d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:30:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail1.bemta5.messagelabs.com ([195.245.231.141]:46887) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ur9fI-0001kC-NL for 14708@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:30:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [85.158.139.83:11348] by server-5.bemta-5.messagelabs.com id 05/75-27868-93478C15; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:30:49 +0000 X-Env-Sender: eda@waniasset.com X-Msg-Ref: server-13.tower-182.messagelabs.com!1372091447!27897674!1 X-Originating-IP: [80.169.169.167] X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.9.9; banners=waniasset.com,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Original-Received: (qmail 16417 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2013 16:30:47 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO WCL-EXCHCAS02.wcl.local) (80.169.169.167) by server-13.tower-182.messagelabs.com with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP; 24 Jun 2013 16:30:47 -0000 Original-Received: from WCL-EXCH02.wcl.local ([169.254.1.11]) by WCL-EXCHCAS02.wcl.local ([149.85.127.102]) with mapi id 14.02.0318.004; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:30:47 +0100 Thread-Topic: bug#14708: 24.2; query-replace-regexp when match and replacement are the same Thread-Index: Ac5w0CjtpWjfQgWfSKGXwT/2YP4U9gAHgjYAAAJIsLA= In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US, en-GB Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [149.85.127.148] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:75513 Archived-At: Yes, I could have specified the regexp as ' +' instead of just ' +'. That would not have given any cases where the match and replacement are th= e same. I typed the regexp without too much thought, but it is not incorrect; replacing one or more spaces with one space does what I want, just with more replacement operations than are strictly necessary. I think it would make Emacs more usable if it only prompted for replacemen= ts which make a difference, after all, if the buffer contents will not be aff= ected one way or the other why waste the user's time asking for yes or no? I do take your point that a no-op replacement can indicate a bug in the regexp. Perhaps query-replace-regexp could print 'Skipping some cases where matched text and replacement text are the same'. --=20 Ed Avis ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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