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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2002-11-06 05:08:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2002-11-06 05:08:16 +0000 |
| commit | 446d9629b9665c4afa899b06a1fe1f328a9afdc6 (patch) | |
| tree | ff45b79f2c20edc430531da8b4300f9fa8e7fc2c /lisp/replace.el | |
| parent | 574cb02e5c089296acdd1e4c7f9750a04892c582 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-446d9629b9665c4afa899b06a1fe1f328a9afdc6.tar.gz | |
(query-replace, query-replace-regexp): Doc fixes.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index c2c39cbd219..898fee41cd7 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ If `query-replace-interactive' is non-nil, the last incremental search string is used as FROM-STRING--you don't have to specify it with the minibuffer. -Replacement transfers the case of the old text to the new text, -if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search' -are non-nil and FROM-STRING has no uppercase letters. -\(Preserving case means that if the string matched is all caps, or capitalized, -then its replacement is upcased or capitalized.) +Matching is independent of case if `case-fold-search' is non-nil and +FROM-STRING has no uppercase letters. Replacement transfers the case +pattern of the old text to the new text, if `case-replace' and +`case-fold-search' are non-nil and FROM-STRING has no uppercase +letters. \(Transferring the case pattern means that if the old text +matched is all caps, or capitalized, then its replacement is upcased +or capitalized.) Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace only matches surrounded by word boundaries. @@ -131,8 +133,13 @@ If `query-replace-interactive' is non-nil, the last incremental search regexp is used as REGEXP--you don't have to specify it with the minibuffer. -Preserves case in each replacement if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search' -are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters. +Matching is independent of case if `case-fold-search' is non-nil and +REGEXP has no uppercase letters. Replacement transfers the case +pattern of the old text to the new text, if `case-replace' and +`case-fold-search' are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters. +\(Transferring the case pattern means that if the old text matched is +all caps, or capitalized, then its replacement is upcased or +capitalized.) Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace only matches surrounded by word boundaries. |