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bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text
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Drew Adams |
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bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default |
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Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:22:52 -0700 (PDT) |
> query-replace-regexp already does all the above. It provides text
> at point for first M-n, the last search string for the second M-n, etc.
The bug report was about `query-replace' (but also other,
related commands, if relevant).
Checking with the Emacs 27 pretest, as far as I can see:
1. There's NO such defaulting for `query-replace'. Nada.
2. `query-replace-regexp' does NOT do "all of the above".
It doesn't use the active region.
It doesn't use the secondary selection.
It doesn't use a function variable does it? I mean a
variable whose value is a function that returns some
particular bunch of text at point. Something similar
to the option `search/replace-default-fn' I mentioned.
I see, for `C-M-%', only these two defaults:
1. A word at point (e.g. `foo'),
2. A regexp that matches a symbol at point (e.g. `\_<foo\_>'.
But yes, that's better than nothing - a good start.
`query-replace' could likewise use some love.
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Drew Adams, 2020/06/03
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Juri Linkov, 2020/06/03
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Juri Linkov, 2020/06/04
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Drew Adams, 2020/06/04
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Juri Linkov, 2020/06/11
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Drew Adams, 2020/06/11
- bug#41692: 26.3; Enhancement request, `query-replace': let user use text at point as default, Drew Adams, 2020/06/11