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author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2001-08-03 11:57:27 +0000 |
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committer | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2001-08-03 11:57:27 +0000 |
commit | 698665d1acac8549380619bd1f0b5642ce41583c (patch) | |
tree | 6fb8c6dbecd498b895f200fa190542c22aabd536 /lisp/replace.el | |
parent | f4e05d97a864e835f1852a3d4276696b0211a71a (diff) | |
download | emacs-698665d1acac8549380619bd1f0b5642ce41583c.tar.gz |
(perform-replace): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index b42839318c4..e307f56caac 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -875,9 +875,13 @@ type them." "Subroutine of `query-replace'. Its complexity handles interactive queries. Don't use this in your own program unless you want to query and set the mark just as `query-replace' does. Instead, write a simple loop like this: - (while (re-search-forward \"foo[ \t]+bar\" nil t) + + (while (re-search-forward \"foo[ \\t]+bar\" nil t) (replace-match \"foobar\" nil nil)) -which will run faster and probably do exactly what you want." + +which will run faster and probably do exactly what you want. Please +see the documentation of `replace-match' to find out how to simulate +`case-replace'." (or map (setq map query-replace-map)) (and query-flag minibuffer-auto-raise (raise-frame (window-frame (minibuffer-window)))) |