GNU bug report logs - #8161
24.0.50; query-replace-regexp fails with interactive replacement text

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Lawrence Mitchell <wence <at> gmx.li>
Cc: 8161 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8161: 24.0.50; query-replace-regexp fails with interactive replacement text
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:04:46 +0200

> This has been broken since
>
> Author: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
> Date:   Sat Nov 10 21:48:46 2007 +0000
>
>     (query-replace-show-replacement): New defcustom.
>     (perform-replace): Use `match-substitute-replacement' if
>     `query-replace-show-replacement' is non-nil.

Don't blame the committer ;-)  This feature (\?) is specific to
`query-replace-regexp', so mentioning it in low-level `replace-match'
would be wrong.  It should be dealt at the same level where it's used
in replace.el the same way as \? is processed in `replace-match-maybe-edit'.
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