From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: ndame <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
Cc: 52751@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:18:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8635mjcpts.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Negv3wOcFYBe421Od7WcjI2qb_8OmxuOfST5KD_4qLa31_lmvVntUaO53yPsFYnwZrdGFB2-6uzEjR9w4Fg5SJ2Xq62itH70CpplFIwOKvA=@protonmail.com> (ndame via's message of "Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:55:01 +0000")
> I often run into the situation of doing a complicated query replace/regexp,
> submitting the FROM part and then during editing the TO part I notice an
> error in FROM. But I cannot go back there to fix it, I can either cancel
> the replace which deletes the FROM part, because it did not yet go into
> history, or I can submit some dummy TO value, cancel the replace, restart
> it and then use history to fix the FROM value.
>
> There should be an easy way to go back to editing FROM without cumbersome
> workarounds.
>
> Mainstream UIs solve this by having different input fields where I can
> switch to and edit any input field before submitting. Maybe the FROM -> TO
> input should be the default with a preinserted -> arrow, so the user can
> switch back an forth easily between FROM and TO?
Preinserting an arrow by default would be confusing for users.
But maybe M-n could insert it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-23 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-23 6:55 bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-23 17:18 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-12-24 4:59 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-24 5:01 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-25 5:14 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-25 5:23 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-25 19:18 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-25 20:23 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-25 20:44 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-25 21:04 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-26 7:45 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-26 18:51 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-27 4:14 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 0:08 ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-12-26 7:49 ` Juri Linkov
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