GNU bug report logs - #73745
Add query-replace-reverse functions

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Message #13 received at 73745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 73745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73745: Add query-replace-reverse functions
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:45:43 +0300

> It is prompting with my previous action, but now I want to do the exact
> opposite,   `<h2 class="zz" → <h`
> No, I can't just put my (emacs -nw) cursor on top of the arrow and hit M-t.

Some time ago we discussed 'M-t' to reverse 'from'/'to' parts.
But the problem is that for multi-word replacements
'M-t' should still transpose words inside 'from' or 'to'
separately.

All transpose keys ‘C-t’ (‘transpose-chars’), ‘M-t’
(‘transpose-words’), ‘C-M-t’ (‘transpose-sexps’), even ‘C-x C-t’
(‘transpose-lines’) for multi-line replacements -
all these keys can't be used to reverse 'from'/'to'.

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