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query-replace is a built-in Emacs command for interactively replacing one string with another in a buffer. query-replace-regexp does the same thing, but with support for matching regular expressions. Use this tag for both commands.
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Make region(s) invisible (not evaluated) to query-replacy and similar commands
Is there a way to make some regions of the buffer invisible (I mean not evaluated by) to query-replace and similar commands?
Let me better explain with an example. Let's take a piece of LaTeX code
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How to count regexp in a string and use that number in replacement?
In my LaTeX code I want to replace these strings:
\left.\left.\left.
\left.\left.
\left.
with:
\left.\left.\left. \mycommand{3}
\left.\left. \mycommand{2}
\left. \mycommand{1}
where the argument …
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Add multiple predicates to isearch-filter-predicate
I wrote a set of predicates to filter matches in my ìsearch-* and query-replace* routines. I also wrote a macro to bind the isearch-filter-predicate variable to multiple predicates:
(defmacro with-if …
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Make query-replace skip certain matches
Lets say I have these strings: "foo", "fooo" and "fo". And this line of code:
(query-replace-regexp "\\<fo+\\>" "foo" nil (point-min) (point-max))
I'd like to skip the query-replacement for the mat …
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Face-based replacements
I need to perform this kind of (query-)substitutions in LaTeX code:
"fig" --> "figure"
But I don't want to match text inside commands e.g. \label{fig:1} or \includegraphics[width=2cm]{fig/D.pdf}.
I f …
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Face-based replacements
I want to answer my own question because I've just found that the redisplay command seems to solve my problem. I want to share my solution:
(goto-char (point-min)
(while (search-forward-regexp "\\<\\ …
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Passing a string with substitutions to the "perform-replace" command
I want to generalize this query-replace regexp:
(perform-replace "Geophysical[\s\t\n]*Research[\s\t\n]*Letters"
"Geophys.\\\\ Res.\\\\ Lett."
t t nil 1 nil (point- …
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Temporary Inhibition of Mouse Events in Windows During Menu Opening
I'm facing an issue (Unwanted Focus Shift when Clicking Menu Functions in Emacs Mode Line) regarding mouse event handling in buffer windows during menus opening. To address this, I'm attempting to tem …
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How to perform query-replace excluding LaTeX math?
If you don't need to discriminate between in-line mathematics and mathematical environments, you can simply use texmathp. You don't need to install AUCTeX, but you can retrieve the texmathp.el file fr …
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query-replace* (perform-replace): highlighting issue with "act-and-show"
When I use the query-replace* (perform-replace) functions, I can type "," "to replace but not move point immediately."
During the replacement, the function highlights the match, but if I type ",", the …
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Make region(s) invisible (not evaluated) to query-replacy and similar commands
I found that the read-only text property combined with the query-replace-skip-read-only variable also works for this purpose. Here's a simplified example of my code:
(defun query-replace-skipping-mat …
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query-replace, add a "skip to next" in lambda function
I have this function:
(defun fix-mult-punct-before-footnote ()
"Scope: FOOTNOTE
Description: Fixes repeated/multiple punctuation before the \\footnote macro."
(interactive)
;; "..\footnote{" --> …
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query-replace, add a "skip to next" in lambda function
The solution is built-in in query-replace-regexp:
(defun fix-mult-punct-before-footnote ()
"Scope: FOOTNOTE
Description: Fixes repeated/multiple punctuation before the \\footnote macro."
(interact …
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query-replace bug?
When I run query-replace* commands if I type ? I get this explanation of the function's options:
Type Space or ‘y’ to replace one match, Delete or ‘n’ to skip to next,
RET or ‘q’ to exit, Period to re …
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