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25.0.50; query-replace in rectangle regions do not honor boundaries

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Message #35 received at 19829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>, 19829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19829: 25.0.50;
 query-replace in rectangle regions do not honor boundaries
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:29:52 -0500

> This is true generally, but query-replace is a very special command.
> It already does many unorthodox things like putting markers on
> region boundaries, and then deactivating the mark.  What is more,
> it needs to use rectangle boundaries in isearch-filter-predicate,
> so lazy-highlight will match only strings it's going to replace.

I don't see how that's relevant: always calling
extract-rectangle-position should simply work (the normal region is just
a degenerate form of a special region, which has only one span), at
least as long as the rectangle case works correctly.


        Stefan

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