From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Klaus Berndl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I get global-grep-and-replace to work? Date: 26 Sep 2003 15:07:42 +0200 Organization: "sd&m AG, Muenchen, Germany" Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064583873 14222 80.91.224.253 (26 Sep 2003 13:44:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 26 15:44:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2stb-0001WK-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:44:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2sRz-0004GZ-Di for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:15:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!195.129.110.21.MISMATCH!bnewsfeed00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewsinpeer00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!news.sdm.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sachrang.muc.sdm.de Original-X-Trace: news.sdm.de 1064581660 5809 193.102.181.186 (26 Sep 2003 13:07:40 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.sdm.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:07:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116892 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12818 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12818 I do not know any function `global-grep-and-replace' neither in Emacs nor in XEmacs. In which package is this function located? Thanks, Klaus On 26 Sep 2003, oisin@ukfsn.org wrote: > Hi, > > I've a large number of files that need one line changing. > > I tried global-grep-and-replace, which asks me what I want to change, > what I want to change this to, and then asks me which files. > > I get a neat buffer with all the offending lines in all the files > listed, then it askes me Do you want to [replace, edit, search, quit]: > > When I say replace, it moves to the first buffer onto the line, but > instead of changing those lines for me automagically, it just sits > there. Also, I'm not sure why its actually going into the file and > showing me -- I already said to just replace this with that in *.c, so > no need to show me the files, just go ahead and do it :) > > What is going on? And is there a way I can just coax Xemacs into > changing the lines in those files without any more work for me? > > thanks, > > Cinnamon -- Klaus Berndl mailto: klaus.berndl@sdm.de sd&m AG http://www.sdm.de software design & management Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737 München, Germany Tel +49 89 63812-392, Fax -220