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25.0.92; Cannot input 'Y' with dired-do-query-replace-regexp

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From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23284 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23284: 25.0.92; Cannot input 'Y' with dired-do-query-replace-regexp
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 18:31:44 +1000

Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I cannot get dired-do-query-replace-regexp to replace all 
> remaining matches in all remaining buffers. To reproduce:
>
>     $ for f in bar baz; do echo foo > $f; done $ emacs -Q . 
>     # works with -nw as well
>
>     m m                 (mark bar and baz) Q oo RET aa RET 
>     (replace "foo" with "faa") Y
>
> At this point, with Emacs 24-5, 'Y' would, as the help suggests, 
> "replace all remaining matches in all remaining buffers with no 
> more questions".
>
> With Emacs 25, 'Y' replaces one match in file bar, then leaves 
> point after "faa". File baz is left untouched.
>
> There is also an *xref* buffer that pops up, with which I cannot 
> do anything:
>
> - inputting 'g' yields "revert-buffer--default: Buffer does not 
> seem to 
>   be associated with any file"; 
> - inputting 'r oo RET aa RET' yields "user-error: Search results 
> out of 
>   date".

Reproduced on emacs-25 branch as at commit 24b87a1d.

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