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From: ben.a@gmx.us
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: 14979@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14979: 24.3; Feature Request: query-replace-backward
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:09:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871u6fzu6h.fsf@ThinkPad-W520.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a9l5yt8g.fsf@mail.jurta.org>

Thanks for your interest in my bug report.  The use case I had in mind
was changing a couple of instances of a word backwards from the point.
Typing M-- C-M-% is fewer keystrokes than pressing C-r a few times then
C-M-%.  It is also fewer keystrokes than setting the mark, then moving
through the document to find a proper starting point and finally pressing
C-M-%.

The best solution would be if the functions query-replace and
query-replace-regexp are changed so that they step backwards when
receiving a negative argument.

I have come across the website freedomsponsors.org and thought it would
be an interesting experiment to put a prize on fixing this bug.  If
anyone is interested in working on this please visit
http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/309/243-feature-request-query-replace-backward

Ben





  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-30 20:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-29  3:10 bug#14979: 24.3; Feature Request: query-replace-backward Ben A.
2013-07-29  7:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-29  7:16   ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-29  8:22     ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-29  8:47       ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-29 21:02       ` Juri Linkov
2013-07-30 20:09         ` ben.a [this message]
2013-08-01 21:13           ` Juri Linkov
2013-08-03 20:44             ` Ben A.
2013-08-03 21:24               ` Drew Adams
2013-12-17 19:35           ` Juri Linkov
2013-12-19  0:30 ` Juri Linkov

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