Hi gnu/emacs!

Thanks a lot for the quick reply I got.

I have tried out both:

(setq query-replace-read-from-default (lambda () ""))

and the

(setq query-replace-read-from-default (lambda () (make-string 0 32)))

Unfortunately the irritating (default FROM -> TO) still shows...

I also did try to read and follow the code but limited in LISP knowledge

and I didn't find anything which I didn't already try.

It is rather strange a simple disable variable was missed to implement.

This show another aspect of the problem with the current and rather strange implementation:

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/19844/how-to-cancel-the-default-in-replace-string

It is like emacs is leaving the unix way to keep things simple.

/Regards Niclas Olsson, Sweden

Den torsdag 24 april 2025 kl. 18:13:43 CEST, Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr> skrev:

Niclas Olsson via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi gnu/emacs,

[...]

> I have tried all setq on the:

[...]

Hi,

It seems that setting the following does what you want:

(setq query-replace-read-from-default (lambda () ""))

I found this by reading the code since it is not a well documented
custom. Maybe, we should have one (?)
--
Manuel Giraud