Re: search and replace codepoints

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net>
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:15:15 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net>
> >> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:50:23 -0400
> >> How do I do a search/replace to replace instances of the latter with the
> >> former?
> >
> > Just replace it with M-%, as you would any other character.
> >
> >> What values should I use?
> >
> > The one shown above, of course.
> 
> Many codings were shown above (45, #055, #x2d, 0x2d for just one
> character).

No, I meant only the values I quoted in my message:

>   character: ­ (displayed as ­) (codepoint 173, #o255, #xad)

They are all the same value, decimal 173, shown in decimal, in octal,
and in hex.

> Because none of them worked, I asked the question. 

How did you try using them in a replace command?  What I had in mind
was use "C-x 8 RET", which allows you to type the codepoint in hex.