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: Storing regular expressions somewhere.... Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:27:33 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156346967 16113 80.91.229.2 (23 Aug 2006 15:29:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:29:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 23 17:29:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFue6-00063c-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:27:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFue5-0004Vo-Sp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:27:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFudt-0004UH-Pn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:27:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFuds-0004Tj-9K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:27:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFuds-0004Te-5c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:27:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1GFulj-0001Tc-9X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:35:51 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k7NFReRq010411; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:27:40 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-117.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.72.117]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k7NFRdlb001503; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:27:39 -0600 Original-To: "Birju Prajapati" , X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36878 Archived-At: Sometimes I need to do complicated replace-regexps. However, they can be prone to errors, so what I end up doing is an isearch-forward-regexp until I get the expression correct. Once it is correct, I write it down and then type it back into a replace-regexp command! Rather cumbersome....Is there some sort of isearch-forwared-replace-regexp command ? Or can I recall the previous regexp searched for in my isearch-forward-regexp? You might want to take a look at Icicles, which lets you use `C-=' to recall a string (e.g. a regexp) that you've saved in a variable, into the minibuffer later as input. Here's an explanation: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Inserting_a_Regexp_from_a_Va riable HTH.