From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: "'Help-Gnu-Emacs (help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)'" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: replace-within-highlighted-region - Is it possible to write? or too hard?
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:55:13 +0000 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <875xsygax8.fsf@web.de>
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> > Hi - I am thinking of a function where you can highlight region, only
> > lets say of one color (ie category) and then be able to replace
> > strings or regexp within those region only.
>
> AFAIR, isearch+ can do this out of the box.
Yes, in particular in combination with `zones.el'.
And it's mainly the `isearch-prop.el' part of
Isearch+ that works with zones.
Isearch+ description:
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus
`isearch+.el':
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/isearch%2b.el
`isearch-prop.el':
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/isearch-prop.el
> Isearch itself needs some help: You would first have to mark the
> region(s) to treat yourself - using hi-lock for example, or something
> even more basic (text properties or overlays). And then use an
> according `isearch-filter-predicate' to limit isearch operations to
> these regions.
Yes.
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2024-07-21 1:50 replace-within-highlighted-region - Is it possible to write? or too hard? gnuist
2024-07-21 12:57 ` Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-07-21 16:55 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2024-07-21 16:47 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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