From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Advanced query-replace-regexp in code
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 04:57:30 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wkhakp1.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-5F3651.21191327052009@mara100-84.onlink.net
On 2009-05-27 21:19 (-0400), Barry Margolin wrote:
> In interactive calls, the replacement text may contain `\,'
>
> It's a special extension just for interactive use. I'm not sure why it
> was restricted this way.
I think in Lisp programs it's much easier and more problem-free to
evaluate Lisp expressions normal Lisp-way than to write expressions
inside strings and use the "\\,expression" form there.
Interactive replace string
\,(capitalize \1)
can be written as
(capitalize (match-string 1))
in programs. With functions like "concat" or "format" the latter
expression can be concatenated with the surrounding replace string.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-28 4:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-27 14:03 Advanced query-replace-regexp in code Nordlöw
2009-05-27 14:32 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-28 1:19 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 4:57 ` Teemu Likonen [this message]
2009-05-28 7:04 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 19:36 ` Johan Bockgård
[not found] ` <mailman.8013.1243539406.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-29 2:14 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-30 6:34 ` Nordlöw
2009-05-30 18:55 ` Johan Bockgård
[not found] ` <mailman.8166.1243709727.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-31 1:57 ` Barry Margolin
2009-05-28 19:50 ` harven
2009-08-02 16:19 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-02 17:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-08-02 20:25 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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