Questions tagged [query-replace-regexp]
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How can I catch a block of text to be used in a replacement-part code?
I want to save a block of text in a variable and then do a replacement using that variable in the replacement part.
For instance, suppose to do the following replacement:
block_of_text
--->
\...
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How to replace a block of text with a “query-like” approach all at once?
I want to search and replace a block of text with a "query-like" approach all at once.
For example, if I have
\emph{``Foo $\bar$ baz''}
to be replaced by
\emph{Foo $\bar$ baz}
using a &...
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How can I get the search string from incremental regexp search to use with replace regexp
If I want to do a replace-regexp I usually start with a isearch-forward-regexp so I can get immediate visual feedback on the search string.
From there I'd like to grab the search string for using in ...
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.+$ fails to match remainder of line
This matches nothing:
Query replace regexp (default \.org.+ → ): \.org.+$ →
The same without '$' matches incompletely:
I'd like to be able to match \.org and all that follows.
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Regexp: how to search-replace any html attribute in current buffer
Disclaimer: I'm still trying to learn elisp so I have not gotten yet to the RegExp section of the Elisp intro or Emacs manual.
I would like to know how to search and replace an HTML buffer that has ...
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How to replace strings including `.` (dot) as first character using dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace
(defun my-find-orgfiles ()
(interactive)
(find-name-dired "." "*py"))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-n") 'my-find-orgfiles)
Than, t to toggle marked/unmarked files (thus marking them all, since none ...
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query-replace{-regexp} fails in linux in a non-X terminal when I am in anything other than text mode
I am running emacs 26.1 under linux. It has been working fine for over a year. Recently, I upgraded a lot of packages on my machine, but I did not upgrade nor alter emacs in any way. Now, query-...
