From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id QHLoGQuBTl9sCAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:12:43 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id 8BbFFQuBTl/HeAAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:12:43 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED72F9400C7 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 17:12:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:52776 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kD9pp-0004Y5-Oz for larch@yhetil.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:12:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53092) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kD9pU-0004Xu-OE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:12:20 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:53626) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kD9pO-0005pS-2v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:12:20 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6953FE684A; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:12:11 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TJ22xN_iUhq8; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:12:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (83.8.140.165.ipv4.supernova.orange.pl [83.8.140.165]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 84D12E626C; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:12:08 +0200 (CEST) References: <87sgc1lejc.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87mu2979mj.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> User-agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 From: Marcin Borkowski To: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Mass conversion of items In-reply-to: <87mu2979mj.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:12:05 +0200 Message-ID: <87tuwhctga.fsf@mbork.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/01 13:12:11 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Sharon Kimble Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: N2qBAp7dNoXf On 2020-09-01, at 18:19, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Tuesday, 1 Sep 2020 at 16:09, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I would like to change about 150+ 'foos' and possibly using >> 'replace-string' to do it. Also, 'foo' is lots of different words which >> includes spaces between some of them. So how can I do it please? > > You may wish to use replacement with regular expressions: Check info > manual for emacs, (emacs) Regexp Replace Maybe you could also use keyboard macros for that. Hth, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl