GNU bug report logs - #10885
Replace expressions: enhance functionality when searching in filled paragraphs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: linuxfever <linuxfever <at> yahoo.gr>

Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:31:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: linuxfever <linuxfever <at> yahoo.gr>
Cc: 10885 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10885: Replace expressions: enhance functionality when searching in filled paragraphs
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:22:10 -0500

>> M-x query-replace-regexp RET \(replace\)\([ ^I^J]*\)\(this\) RET
>> Done\2that RET

I think the "\2" should be replaced by just a space (it's probably fine
in the above example, but for a general solution the user would want
some re-filling afterwards).


        Stefan
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