Re: Doing search and replace via *grep* buffer

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Kim F. Storm wrote:
> Here is a small patch which provides a very handy search and replace
> functionality via the normal grep interfaces (including lgrep/rgrep).
> 
> It requires that grep regexp highlighting works (I suppose most modern
> grep programs do that).
> 
> 
> Here is an example of its use, replacing _some_ occurrences of 
> the identifier `oldtext' with `newtext':
> 
> First use rgrep to search for oldtext in all .c and .h files:
>   M-x rgrep RET oldtext RET ch RET RET
> 
> Then in the *grep* buffer, move to the first instance which you want to
> replace (use `n' or C-n).
> 
> Then hit / and type the replacement text:
>   / newtext RET
> 
> Now, still in the *grep* buffer, move to the next instance you want
> to modify, and just hit . to repeat the replacement, for example:
>   n n . n . n . n n n .
> 
> (I suppose VI users will find this very familiar).


Looks very interesting, but would it not be possible to use a prompting 
similar for other replace commands in Emacs?

(From a Viper user.)