From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com>
Subject: please tell users right way to undo inside query-replace
Date: 22 Mar 2002 18:10:05 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2sn6slxqa.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
The "?" help for query-replace mentions many things,
Type Space or `y' to replace one match, Delete or `n' to skip to next,
RET or `q' to exit, Period to replace one match and exit,
Comma to replace but not move point immediately,
C-r to enter recursive edit (C-M-c to get out again),...
But it doesn't mention how to even one little undo.
One little undo [C-/] is all it takes to break a, say,
dired-do-query-replace-regexp or other long and involved job. This
will cause one to need to restart all the way back on the first file,
or the top of a single file.
Therefore that Help information should mention that to do a undo, one
should enter a recursive edit to do it safely.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-22 10:10 Dan Jacobson [this message]
2002-03-23 16:14 ` please tell users right way to undo inside query-replace Richard Stallman
2002-03-28 8:21 ` must reposition cursor for tags-loop-continue on query-replace E C-g Dan Jacobson
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