Editing the previous regexp

Editing the previous regexp

[C K Kashyap]

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Hi,
When I do M-x replace-regexp and type in a wrong regexp, I end up having to
re-type the whole thing when I try again. How can I edit the previously
attempted regexp?
Regards,
Kashyap

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Re: Editing the previous regexp

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 26.07.2011 08:49, schrieb C K Kashyap:
> M-x replace-regexp

Inside M-x replace-regexp

<up> accesses the history like any shell-command-history

Re: Editing the previous regexp

[C K Kashyap]

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Andreas Röhler <
andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> wrote:

> Am 26.07.2011 08:49, schrieb C K Kashyap:
>
>> M-x replace-regexp
>>
>
> Inside M-x replace-regexp
>
> <up> accesses the history like any shell-command-history
>
>
Nice ... thanks Andreas.
Regards,
Kashyap

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Re: Editing the previous regexp

[Vijay Lakshminarayanan]

M-p works too.  I prefer that to arrow keys.  M-n is the equivalent of <down>

Cheers
~vijay

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:03 PM, C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Andreas Röhler
> <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am 26.07.2011 08:49, schrieb C K Kashyap:
>>>
>>> M-x replace-regexp
>>
>> Inside M-x replace-regexp
>>
>> <up> accesses the history like any shell-command-history
>>
>
> Nice ... thanks Andreas.
> Regards,
> Kashyap

Re: Editing the previous regexp

[Le Wang]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Vijay Lakshminarayanan
<laks.vij@gmail.com> wrote:
> M-p works too.  I prefer that to arrow keys.  M-n is the equivalent of <down>

`previous-complete-history-element' is way more useful than the
default binding of <M-p>.  You have to change it in a few key-maps if
you want the behaviour across many prompts:

rough snippet straight from my init, fix as required:

(mapc
     '(lambda (map)
        (define-key map [(meta p)] 'previous-complete-history-element)
        (define-key map [(meta n)] 'next-complete-history-element))
     (nconc (list minibuffer-local-completion-map
                  minibuffer-local-isearch-map
                  minibuffer-local-map
                  minibuffer-local-must-match-map )
            (Init-emacs-load (list minibuffer-local-ns-map))))

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Le