From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 15730@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15730: 24.3.50; (emacs) `Query Replace' mentions multi-buffer q-r, but no explanation
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:59:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqh35wyx.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10a9c676-5fb9-4173-9f88-c8c81eeb7dd7@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:47:21 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The descriptions of `Y' and `N' can give the impression that ordinary
> `query-replace' (`M-%', `C-M-%') works across multiple buffers. If it
> does then please add an explanation of how to use `M-%' and `C-M-%'
> to do that.
>
> I suspect that the text is just not clear that `Y' and `N', and what
> is said for them about multiple buffers, is ONLY for other commands,
> which happen to be multi-buffer, and is does not apply to `M-%' and
> `C-M-%'.
>
> For one thing, whatever commands are pertinent should be mentioned here.
> The text says "(like the Dired `Q' command...)". It should not say
> "like", but "such as". And is that the only such command, or is it
> just one example of such a command (in which case, list the others,
> or at least provide a link to where they are discussed).
It says:
@item Y @r{(Upper-case)}
to replace all remaining occurrences in all remaining buffers in
multi-buffer replacements (like the Dired `Q' command which performs
query replace on selected files). It answers this question and all
subsequent questions in the series with "yes", without further
user interaction.
---
I fail to see how that could be misinterpreted.
> Move the link pointing to `Operating on Files' to the paragraph where
> `Q' is mentioned. Or add a link there and keep also the one at the page
> bottom.
@xref{Operating on Files}, for the Dired @kbd{Q} command which
performs query replace on selected files. See also @ref{Transforming
File Names}, for Dired commands to rename, copy, or link files by
replacing regexp matches in file names.
Seems to be fixed. Closing.
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2013-10-27 4:47 bug#15730: 24.3.50; (emacs) `Query Replace' mentions multi-buffer q-r, but no explanation Drew Adams
2014-02-10 5:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-02-10 22:19 ` Drew Adams
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