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@ 2021-05-06 23:06 Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
  2021-05-07  6:54 ` replace-regexp Tassilo Horn
  2021-05-07  8:02 ` replace-regexp Jean Louis
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 41+ messages in thread
From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-05-06 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

I was using `replace-regexp' and it worked fine but then
I byte-compiled and it told me something that was in the help
as well, namely

  This function is for interactive use only; in Lisp code use
  `re-search-forward' and `replace-match' instead.

so I wrote this and it does the job but reports the error
"while: Invalid search bound (wrong side of point)"

(defun md-latex (beg end)
  (interactive "r")
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char beg)
    (while (re-search-forward "_\\(.*\\)_" end t)
      (replace-match  "\\\\textit{\\1}") )))

Also this "interactive use only", in general, what's the deal
with that?

If it is just a matter of re-writing it the way I did (only
without the error) I don't see why that cannot be dealt with
so the user can just call the/a function with a simple
interface, be it interactively or in Lisp...

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2021-05-08 18:50             ` replace-regexp Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 21:59               ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 22:03                 ` replace-regexp Tassilo Horn
2021-05-08 22:25                   ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 22:54                     ` [External] : replace-regexp Drew Adams
2021-05-09  2:48             ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 18:46           ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 21:10             ` replace-regexp Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 21:54               ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 23:11                 ` replace-regexp Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 23:16                   ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 23:46                     ` replace-regexp Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 23:51                       ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09  7:38                       ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-08 22:59           ` avoid narrow-to-region (was: Re: replace-regexp) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09  5:48             ` Yuri Khan
2021-05-09  6:09               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09  6:34                 ` Yuri Khan
2021-05-09  6:59                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09  7:22                     ` Jean Louis
2021-05-09  7:40                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09 10:06                     ` Yuri Khan
2021-05-09 10:54                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09 12:27                         ` Yuri Khan
2021-05-09 12:43                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09 13:14                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09 14:04                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-09 15:13                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-21 17:35                                 ` same sound random sort everywhere (was: Re: avoid narrow-to-region (was: Re: replace-regexp)) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-21 20:12                                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-21 20:47                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-07  8:02 ` replace-regexp Jean Louis
2021-05-07 18:29   ` replace-regexp Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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