GNU bug report logs - #47981
[PATCH] Add newline and tab matching information to query-replace-regexp docstring.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 47981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47981: [PATCH] Add newline and tab matching information to query-replace-regexp docstring.
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:25:39 +0000

"Filipp Gunbin" <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm> writes:

> You may want to instead direct the reader to (info "(emacs) Inserting
> Text"), and in particular, section about "quoted-insert".

It feels a bit like leading users away from the specific information
they would want and towards some more general informaton. AFAIK
query-replace-regexp will only warn users in the minibuffer that "\n"
and "\t" will not work as usual (and for matching a tab character you do
not use quated-insert).

// Eric Skoglund
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