From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: vim equivalent in emacs %5,50s/serah_term/replace_term/gc
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:33:24 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID: <fi5e5k$70u$1@reader1.panix.com>
References: <13640969.post@talk.nabble.com>
	<mailman.3124.1194518944.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org
X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195785704 18938 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2007 02:41:44 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:41:44 +0000 (UTC)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 23 03:41:52 2007
Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165])
	by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50)
	id 1IvOUJ-0003Et-A3
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:41:51 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1IvOU5-0005t5-3G
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:41:37 -0500
Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail
Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
Original-Lines: 27
Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com
Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1195785204 7198 166.84.1.3 (23 Nov 2007 02:33:24
	GMT)
Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com
Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:33:24 +0000 (UTC)
X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001)
Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153993
X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49423
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/49423>

In article <mailman.3124.1194518944.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Peter Dyballa  <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:
>
>Am 08.11.2007 um 05:01 schrieb iluvindo:
>
>> Hi I recently moved from vim to emacs and need help to search and  
>> replace
>> using line numbers(say between two lines 5 and 50).  This can be  
>> done in vim
>> as %5,50s/serah_term/replace_term/gc
>> What is equivalent in emacs?
>
>Activate 'active region highlighting' from Options menu, mark the  
>region either by dragging with the mouse cursor or with the keyboard  
>(M-g g 5 RET C-SPC M-g g 50 RET), and then substitute:


M-g?  So I did C-h k on M-g, and in a mini-or-whatever buffer at
screen bottom, a line saying "set-face: default m-g d, ......".

My question: how to grab that doc-line?

Trying to regionize it kills it, nor does it seem to be in *Messages*.

Thanks!,

David