From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Andrew Helsley <helsleya@cs.ucr.edu>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isearch: lazy-highlighting of sub-exps of regexps
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:55:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pqtv32p7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvipzo3xs8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:48:54 -0500")
>>> Using this feedback should make it easier for the user to accurately
>>> build a replacement string when they invoke query-replace-regexp'
>>> directly from `isearch-mode'.
This supposes that lazy-highlighting is not removed at the time
when the user types the replacement in the minibuffer.
> Of course, to make it yet a bit easier, we should provide an "ireplace"
> mode (where the replacement is shown incrementally as the user types
> the replacement spec).
Should this interactive replacement modify the buffer or
just show replacements using e.g. overlays?
>> Thanks, but we already have a request in the bug database with a set
>> of different patches to implement it: http://debbugs.gnu.org/6227
>> There is no decision yet what is the best of them.
>
> Could someone take a close look and install such a feature?
The most difficult question (as usual) is color selection
for sub-exps faces. I think the most intuitive would be a rainbow.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-24 1:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-22 10:38 [PATCH] isearch: lazy-highlighting of sub-exps of regexps Andrew Helsley
2010-11-23 0:59 ` Juri Linkov
2010-11-23 14:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-24 1:55 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2010-11-24 2:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-24 5:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-11-25 1:39 ` Juri Linkov
2010-11-25 3:20 ` Drew Adams
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