From: Anders Munch <ajm@flonidan.dk>
To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to search inside a region that has just been used as the target of a replace operation?
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:28:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <HE1PR0502MB30040A21897B84BD0889D735B4CC9@HE1PR0502MB3004.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+-Lr-Csosdunv5XdJk+2z4TxpmKVzan+7RkTBZ66r7LRn=20A@mail.gmail.com>
Evan Aad wrote:
> I'd like to be able to search inside a region that has just been used as the target of a replace operation, without having to specify explicitly the region's start and end points.
Not a direct answer to your question, but I wonder if you are aware of narrow-to-region?
3. C-x n n (narrow-to-region)
4. M-< (beginning-of-buffer, which now goes to the beginning of the narrowed region)
5. M-x replace-string C -> c
6. M-<
7. M-x replace-string B -> b
8. C-x n w (widen, undoes the narrowing)
narrow-to-region is disabled by default. For good reason. It's very unnerving if you invoke it by accident and don't understand what's happening, and suddenly most of your file is mysteriously gone (by appearance).
But it's also extremely useful.
regards, Anders
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-27 9:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-27 8:55 How to search inside a region that has just been used as the target of a replace operation? Evan Aad
2023-01-27 9:28 ` Anders Munch [this message]
2023-01-27 10:44 ` Evan Aad
2023-01-27 14:35 ` Evan Aad
2023-01-27 18:11 ` Marcin Borkowski
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