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Wdired doesn't like re-search-forward/replace-match

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Message #14 received at 49124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 49124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49124: Wdired doesn't like re-search-forward/replace-match
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 04:12:37 +0200

Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a simple way to write a macro called, say,
> `wdired-with-narrow-to-filename' that would narrow the buffer to the
> editable portion of current line, evaluate some code, and on exit it
> would tell wdired to reread the filename in that line, knowing that it
> it may have been changed?

The answer to that question is much harder than to fix the underlying
problem in wdired (which should be quite easy).

AFAIU we just need a (save-restriction (widen) ...) wrapper for the code
of `wdired--before-change-fn' and `wdired--restore-properties'.  You can
try that in your instance, e.g. using an advice.


Regards,

Michael.

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