Subject: Re: bug#52558: Option for easier typing of regexps

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:23:27 +0100

Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> writes:

>> If you want to use M-x query-replace directly,
>> then simpler would be add replace-regexp-function
>> that you can use with:
>>
>> (setq replace-regexp-function
>
> And additional change is needed for correct highlighting:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
> index 0e81b15a09..4302868520 100644
> --- a/lisp/replace.el
> +++ b/lisp/replace.el
> @@ -2690,7 +2693,8 @@ replace-highlight
>    (if query-replace-lazy-highlight
>        (let ((isearch-string search-string)
>  	    (isearch-regexp regexp-flag)
> -	    (isearch-regexp-function (or delimited-flag
> +	    (isearch-regexp-function (or replace-regexp-function
> +                                         delimited-flag
>  					 (and replace-char-fold

Re-skimming this thread, I think these extensions make sense, so perhaps
you should just push them?  (With a NEWS item, I guess.)

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