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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Query replace question
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:49:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtubw4dso.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20220317111952.zwm7bmvtsdnede7i@Ergus

Ergus [2022-03-17 12:19:52] wrote:
> I am wondering if there is some functionality in vanilla to enable
> dynamic match highlight during query replace or query-replace regex
> while composing the regex? Similar to isearch lazy highlight,
> regex-highlight or re-builder; but for query-replace and the rest of the
> replace family?

You can do the query&replace from Isearch:

    C-u C-s <regexp> M-C-% <replacement> RET

In my world, this is the normal way to do a "query replace".
I only invoked straight query-replace when I want to repeat a previous
replacement.


        Stefan




      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-03-17 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20220317111952.zwm7bmvtsdnede7i.ref@Ergus>
2022-03-17 11:19 ` Query replace question Ergus
2022-03-17 11:30   ` Robert Pluim
2022-03-17 14:40     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-17 17:03   ` Juri Linkov
2022-03-17 18:49   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]

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