GNU bug report logs - #23484
25.1.50; undo doesn't work properly in xref-query-replace-in-results

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Message #23 received at 23484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 23484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23484: 25.1.50;
 undo doesn't work properly in xref-query-replace-in-results
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 00:34:11 +0300

>> Why not using an original search string instead of ‘.*’ thus avoiding
>> tricks with isearch-filter-predicate/replace-re-search-function?
>
> A few reasons:
>
> - We don't actually save it.
> - Being able to replace _any_ regexp inside the matches is a feature
> (though maybe it's not going to be very popular).

Honestly speaking, the ‘.*’ thing is quite confusing.
More natural syntax is ‘\&’ like is used in e.g.
‘occur-read-primary-args’ to collect the entire match.

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