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From: C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs equivalent of the ":g" command in vi
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:32:10 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGdT1gr4wZH0Vr=2nim8sZAcQkj46gLcd=-WmzJ3iiL3p7SNAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8762mufxx7.fsf@gmail.com>

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>
> > which could be as simple as in vi/vim.)
> I think he want to delete lines matching a regexp, so C-k is not what he
> wants here.
>
> `query-replace-regexp' can be used with a regexp like this:
>
> ^.*\(your_regexp\).*$
>
> and you replace with nothing (empty prompt).
>
> --
>

replace-regexp is indeed closer to what I am looking for. However, I'd like
the result to not leave blank lines.

Regards,
Kashyap

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-22 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-22  8:42 Emacs equivalent of the ":g" command in vi C K Kashyap
2011-07-22  9:27 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-07-22  9:48   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-22 10:02     ` C K Kashyap [this message]
2011-07-22 10:12       ` Peter Dyballa
2011-07-22 10:41         ` C K Kashyap
2011-07-22 10:34       ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-07-22 10:44         ` C K Kashyap
2011-07-22 10:45       ` Deniz Dogan
2011-07-22 10:46         ` Deniz Dogan
2011-07-22 19:03       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-07-22 20:27 ` MBR
2011-07-22 20:37   ` Andreas Röhler
2011-07-22 20:51     ` MBR
2011-07-23  7:10       ` Andreas Röhler
2011-08-15  0:27       ` Ken Goldman
2011-07-23  3:02   ` C K Kashyap
2011-07-23  8:44     ` suvayu ali

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