From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: replace text in files from buffer=*grep* ? Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 09:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6881143c-45a4-4b5f-9eae-2707c6b9fc84@default> References: <87y4l3qbjv.fsf@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430843382 30805 80.91.229.3 (5 May 2015 16:29:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 16:29:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Tom Roche Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 05 18:29:30 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ypfim-0000Rj-3v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 18:29:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40602 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ypfil-0003Md-Jm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 12:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47605) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpfiY-0003JY-EE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 12:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpfiO-00080H-JY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 12:29:10 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:38784) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpfiO-0007xZ-EY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 12:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t45GSwkd003073 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 5 May 2015 16:28:58 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t45GSwqw024021 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 5 May 2015 16:28:58 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t45GSwZl007420; Tue, 5 May 2015 16:28:58 GMT In-Reply-To: <87y4l3qbjv.fsf@pobox.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104214 Archived-At: > What functionality exists to automate replacing text from a GNU > Emacs *grep* (results) buffer? What I mean, why I ask: ...=20 > Wdired then applies the changes made from the Dired buffer to the > objects it represents. So what I'd most like for my usecase would be > to RLA on a *grep* buffer, allowing a Wdired-like workflow. >=20 > Is there something like that for *grep* buffers. Here is one such, found by searching for `grep' on Emacs Wiki: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/grep-edit.el (Haven't tried it.)