GNU bug report logs - #60285
xref-query-replace-in-results could show an arrow pointing to the current item being replaced

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 60285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#60285: xref-query-replace-in-results could show an arrow pointing to the current item being replaced
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 19:55:08 +0200

>> For example,
>> as you can undo or go to the previous match during the query replace,
>> the arrow should point to the previous result, if possible.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure how to implement that. Some new hook inside
> perform-replace?
>
> Maybe Juri has some ideas.

Indeed, there is a special hook for such cases:
'replace-update-post-hook'.

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