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[PATCH] Add newline and tab matching information to query-replace-regexp docstring.

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Message #20 received at 47981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 47981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47981: [PATCH] Add newline and tab matching information to
 query-replace-regexp docstring.
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 05:46:18 -0500

Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se> writes:

> From de9dccf31500ed896296ea11c7b4740c1c7a17ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:10:07 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Add newline and tab matching documentation to
>  query-replace-regexp
>
> * lisp/replace.el: Add \n and \t matching information to
> query-replace-regexp docstring.
> ---
>  lisp/replace.el | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
> index b5dea61924..81c465eb7f 100644
> --- a/lisp/replace.el
> +++ b/lisp/replace.el
> @@ -432,6 +432,10 @@ query-replace-regexp
>  of the region.  Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer's
>  accessible portion.
>
> +When invoked interactivly, Matching a newline with `\n' will not work,
                ^ interactively
                              ^ matching
> +use `C-q C-j' instead.  Similarly to match a tab character (`\t')
                           ^ I would delete the word "Similarly"
> +just press `TAB'.
> +

Other than that, LGTM.

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