From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Cc: ihs_4664@yahoo.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Replacement
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:59:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jeoe51txxg.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051103163329.CC26B32F1A@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr> (hufflen jean-michel's message of "Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:33:29 +0100 (CET)")
hufflen@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr (hufflen jean-michel) writes:
> (while (re-search-forward "\\^{?a}?" ...) (replace-match "â" ...))
To match a backslash you must use the regex "\\\\".
> it results: \^{a} or \^a ====> \â
It results in ^{a} or ^a ===> â. The backslash is not part of the match.
> If the replacement I wish is:
>
> \`{a} or \`a ====> à
>
> then (while (re-search-forward "\\`{?a}?" ...) (replace-match "à" ...))
This will only match "{a}" or "{a" or "a}" or "a" at the beginning of the
buffer, because \` only matches there.
Andreas.
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2005-11-03 16:33 Replacement hufflen jean-michel
2005-11-03 17:59 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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2005-10-27 18:48 ` Replacement Kevin Rodgers
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