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

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Message #14 received at 47981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
Cc: 47981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47981: [PATCH] Add newline and tab matching information to
 query-replace-regexp docstring.
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:04:50 +0300

> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:35:00 +0000
> From: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
> 
> --- a/lisp/replace.el
> +++ b/lisp/replace.el
> @@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ query-replace-regexp
>  of the region.  Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer's
>  accessible portion.
>  
> +Matching a newline with `\n' will not work, use `C-q C-j' instead.
> +Similarly to match a tab character (`\t') just press `TAB'.

That's only true in interactive invocations, isn't it?

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