GNU bug report logs - #52558
Option for easier typing of regexps

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Message #45 received at 52558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 52558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52558: Option for easier typing of regexps
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:57:38 +0200

>>> Such option already exists, and it allows using custom regexp syntax
>>> both for isearch and query-replace:
>>
>> Interesting, though its help mentions only isearch, so if I start
>> M-x query-replace-regexp directly, it doesn't seem affected.
>
> It affects all commands started from isearch: isearch-query-replace,
> isearch-occur, isearch-highlight-regexp.

It occurred to me now that when isearch-mode is disabled,
these commands could call isearch-edit-string to read
a search string, then proceed with their usual flow.

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