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bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:18:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> I often run into the situation of doing a complicated query replace/regexp,
> submitting the FROM part and then during editing the TO part I notice an
> error in FROM. But I cannot go back there to fix it, I can either cancel
> the replace which deletes the FROM part, because it did not yet go into
> history, or I can submit some dummy TO value, cancel the replace, restart
> it and then use history to fix the FROM value.
>
> There should be an easy way to go back to editing FROM without cumbersome
> workarounds.
>
> Mainstream UIs solve this by having different input fields where I can
> switch to and edit any input field before submitting. Maybe the FROM -> TO
> input should be the default with a preinserted -> arrow, so the user can
> switch back an forth easily between FROM and TO?
Preinserting an arrow by default would be confusing for users.
But maybe M-n could insert it.
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, ndame, 2021/12/23
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace,
Juri Linkov <=
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, Richard Stallman, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, ndame, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, Juri Linkov, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, ndame, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, Juri Linkov, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, ndame, 2021/12/25
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, Juri Linkov, 2021/12/26
- bug#52751: 27.1; Go back to editing the from part in query replace, ndame, 2021/12/26