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query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#49331: closed (Re: bug#49331: query-replace: commands too
 easy to enter the document)
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:02:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#49331: query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 49331-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49331: query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 01:04:22 +0800

I'm just saying if the user "falls asleep at the wheel", he will end up
with a file full of yyyyyyyy, nnnnnnnnnnn, or even no file at all (DEL
DEL DEL)... perhaps only awakened by a bell each time he tries to delete
beyond character 0.

But of course that could also happen if he was not doing a query-replace
too.

So, OK, he will have to write his own Geritol-mode. So I'm closing this bug.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 23:23:06 +0800

A little problem with query-replace is after the last match, the
   "Type Space or ‘y’ to replace one match, Delete or ‘n’ to skip to next,"
start polluting the document. E.g., the Deletes start eating characters.
If one isn't careful one might have gobbled a character or two off the en

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