From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `C-M-%' instead of `M-x query-replace-regexp' in etc/refcard.tex
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:55:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wsw5bqvr.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v93ayt4wa1.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (Reiner Steib's message of "Wed\, 08 Aug 2007 22\:16\:22 +0200")
> in etc/refcard.tex we have:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \section{Query Replace}
>
> \key{interactively replace a text string}{M-\%}
> % query-replace-regexp is bound to C-M-% but that can't be typed on
> % consoles.
> \metax{using regular expressions}{M-x query-replace-regexp}
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> I think the problem with consoles is rare enough to justify mentioning
> `C-M-%' nevertheless in the refcard.
I agree. This is a reference card, not the Emacs manual. It should not be
strictly formal. It's more useful to show C-M-% here than its command name.
> If it was important, wouldn't we have an alternative key binding for
> `query-replace-regexp'.
It is easy to start query-replace-regexp on consoles with
`C-M-s regexp M-% to-string RET'
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-08 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-08 20:16 `C-M-%' instead of `M-x query-replace-regexp' in etc/refcard.tex Reiner Steib
2007-08-08 22:55 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2007-08-14 20:13 ` Reiner Steib
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