* search.texi V1.65: query-replace has a key binding.
@ 2005-08-13 12:47 Alan Mackenzie
2005-08-13 21:54 ` Richard M. Stallman
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From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2005-08-13 12:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
In search.texi V1.65, page "Replacement Commands", the reader is told:
In addition to the simple `replace-string' command which
replaces all occurrences, there is a `M-x query-replace' command
which ....
. Why are we suggesting she use M-x query-replace here, when there's a
perfectly good key binding, M-%, for this command? I think the key
binding should be mentioned here. I therefore propose the following
amendment:
2005-08-13 Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
* search.texi (Replacement Commands): Mention query-replace by
its key binding.
*** search.texi Sat Aug 13 11:19:55 2005
--- search.texi.new Sat Aug 13 12:25:18 2005
***************
*** 917,923 ****
Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs,
but they are available. In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x
replace-string} command which replaces all occurrences,
! there is a @kbd{M-x query-replace} command which finds each occurrence
of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it.
The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the
--- 917,923 ----
Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs,
but they are available. In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x
replace-string} command which replaces all occurrences,
! there is @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}), which finds each occurrence
of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it.
The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
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* Re: search.texi V1.65: query-replace has a key binding.
2005-08-13 12:47 search.texi V1.65: query-replace has a key binding Alan Mackenzie
@ 2005-08-13 21:54 ` Richard M. Stallman
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From: Richard M. Stallman @ 2005-08-13 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
That change is ok. M-% was omitted probably because the binding did
not exist when I first wrote that text.
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