From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Search/Replace manual changes. Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:56:57 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87zn6tq77m.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088207860 20456 80.91.224.253 (25 Jun 2004 23:57:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:57:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 26 01:57:34 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Be0Za-0005uw-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 01:57:34 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Be0ZZ-0000Jg-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 01:57:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Be0b3-0003TF-SF for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Be0aw-0003Su-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Be0aw-0003SN-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Be0aw-0003SH-02 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Be0Z1-0007JZ-15 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Be0Yz-00085F-PL; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:56:58 -0400 Original-To: Juri Linkov In-reply-to: <87zn6tq77m.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:07:47 +0300) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25260 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25260 I think this example should be removed from the Emacs manual completely. Using three commands to exchange words is too clumsy. I don't agree. This is going to help people think about the command. Also, it is not an unreasonable method for doing the job. It calls for a little thought, but no special knowledge.