From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
Subject: Re: they never thought I would query-replace an uppercase
Date: 04 Nov 2002 05:10:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8765vetl4m.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E187YI7-0005sq-00@fencepost.gnu.org
>>>>> "RMS" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
RMS> Do you think this is clear?
RMS> Matching is independent of case if `case-fold-search' is non-nil and
RMS> REGEXP has no uppercase letters. Replacement transfers the case
RMS> pattern of the old text to the new text, if `case-replace' and
RMS> `case-fold-search' are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters.
RMS> \(Transferring the case pattern means that if the old text matched is
RMS> all caps, or capitalized, then its replacement is upcased or
RMS> capitalized.)
Perhaps. However I pack a Limited Edition brain, so am not sure.
Another approach would be to just describe each affecting variable.
OK, over and out on this subject.
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2002-10-28 22:01 they never thought I would query-replace an uppercase Dan Jacobson
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