Re: query-replace-interactive not documented

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
> > Here is a sketch.  I am calling it a sketch since the string-match for
> > \? should not be done for every replacement again if the replacement
> > string did not contain \? in the first place.  This is a performance
> > hog otherwise when doing lots of replacements automatically.
> 
> You can match it once in the beginning of the main while-loop and
> store the result into a variable which would be given as an argument
> of `replace-match-maybe-edit'.

Which is more or less what I do now in the current code.  However, I
am still trying to get a hang on the match-data: it needs to be in
markers when editing functions are called since the user might then
change buffers end edit stuff behind the back of the program.  Quite
ugly.

I am trying to get this both correct and efficient at the same time.
Strictly speaking, one needs markers for every non-made change in the
stack when user-editing is allowed.  Perhaps one should allow only a
certain number of unmade replacements and kill off all markers
further back in the history.

> But generally your changes work fine.  I only want to propose some
> improvements: when the user types ! to replace all matches and the
> replacement string contains \?, then matches are not highlighted in
> the buffer when the user edits the replacement.  This could be
> highlighted before reading the replacement string in
> `replace-match-maybe-edit' by calling `replace-highlight'.

I am still trying to get the code to do the right think which it
doesn't.  Of course, not just the fault of \? here.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum