From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: they never thought I would query-replace an uppercase Date: 04 Nov 2002 05:10:33 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <8765vetl4m.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <878z0iw7dl.fsf@jidanni.org> <87wunzlfik.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036366798 12248 80.91.224.249 (3 Nov 2002 23:39:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188ULU-0003BQ-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:39:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188ULF-0003Dk-00; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:39:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 188UAU-0004YI-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:28:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 188UAR-0004Y7-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:28:33 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188UAR-0004Y3-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:28:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188U94-0002eo-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:27:06 +0100 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188U93-0002ef-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:27:05 +0100 Original-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc218-187-80-46.2-7.pl.apol.com.tw Original-X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036366025 10175 218.187.80.46 (3 Nov 2002 23:27:05 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:27:05 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3807 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3807 >>>>> "RMS" == Richard Stallman writes: RMS> Do you think this is clear? RMS> Matching is independent of case if `case-fold-search' is non-nil and RMS> REGEXP has no uppercase letters. Replacement transfers the case RMS> pattern of the old text to the new text, if `case-replace' and RMS> `case-fold-search' are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters. RMS> \(Transferring the case pattern means that if the old text matched is RMS> all caps, or capitalized, then its replacement is upcased or RMS> capitalized.) Perhaps. However I pack a Limited Edition brain, so am not sure. Another approach would be to just describe each affecting variable. OK, over and out on this subject. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780