From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Joe'" <joesmoe10@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: regexp-replace default
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:45:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000801c92f0f$64f14c40$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c524c108-7137-4135-8ff8-39d7d504d29b@u28g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>
> Hopefully a simple question for the emacs wizards out there. Say I do
> a regexp-relace of:
>
> M-x replace-regexp
> Replace regexp: foo
> Replace regexp with: bar
>
> But then I realize I actually wanted foo to baz. When I do M-x
> replace-regexp it shows me the default
>
> M-x replace-regexp
> Replace regexp (default foo -> bar):
>
> Is there someway to get the default text and edit that instead of
> typing it in again?
Normally in Emacs `C-n' inserts the default value into the minibuffer for
editing/RET.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-15 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-15 21:17 regexp-replace default Joe
2008-10-15 21:44 ` David Kastrup
2008-10-15 21:45 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2008-10-15 21:57 ` Xah
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