From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: To switch state of line not working Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:16:17 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87r1h42aw4.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40116"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 15 03:18:44 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lsxj2-000AFZ-4D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:18:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39812 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lsxj0-0002jq-1X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:18:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lsxiB-0002jf-Mi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:56497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lsxi9-0000Yl-7I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:17:50 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.23]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000076065.0000000060C7FFBA.00002E7B; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:17:45 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r1h42aw4.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130832 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-06-15 04:08]: > name: "start" -> "beg" for nice align with "end". Aaaah. > first `if' - no need for `progn'. Of course, it is there for debugging temporarily. > > (defun replace-line (from to) > > (let* ((start (line-beginning-position)) > > (end (line-end-position)) > > (line (buffer-substring start end))) > > (save-excursion > > (replace-string from to nil start end)))) > > `replace-string' should be `search-forward' and > `replace-match'. > > And you are not using "line"! Sure, it is frantic attempt to make it work. (defun replace-line (from to) (let* ((start (line-beginning-position)) (end (line-end-position))) (save-excursion (replace-string from to nil start end)))) [ ] M-: (replace-line "[ ]" "[X]") works well [ ] M-: (replace-line "[ ]" "[✔]") works well [✔] M-: (replace-line "[✔]" "[ ]") works well Combining it is not working. Do you have solution? Not hair style please. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/