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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
36058 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001 |
28126 | 3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Search, Fixit, Display, Top | |
6 @chapter Searching and Replacement | |
7 @cindex searching | |
8 @cindex finding strings within text | |
9 | |
10 Like other editors, Emacs has commands for searching for occurrences of | |
11 a string. The principal search command is unusual in that it is | |
12 @dfn{incremental}; it begins to search before you have finished typing the | |
13 search string. There are also nonincremental search commands more like | |
14 those of other editors. | |
15 | |
16 Besides the usual @code{replace-string} command that finds all | |
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17 occurrences of one string and replaces them with another, Emacs has a |
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18 more flexible replacement command called @code{query-replace}, which |
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19 asks interactively which occurrences to replace. |
25829 | 20 |
21 @menu | |
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22 * Incremental Search:: Search happens as you type the string. |
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23 * Nonincremental Search:: Specify entire string and then search. |
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24 * Word Search:: Search for sequence of words. |
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25 * Regexp Search:: Search for match for a regexp. |
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26 * Regexps:: Syntax of regular expressions. |
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27 * Search Case:: To ignore case while searching, or not. |
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28 * Configuring Scrolling:: Scrolling within incremental search. |
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29 * Replace:: Search, and replace some or all matches. |
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30 * Other Repeating Search:: Operating on all matches for some regexp. |
25829 | 31 @end menu |
32 | |
33 @node Incremental Search, Nonincremental Search, Search, Search | |
34 @section Incremental Search | |
35 | |
36 @cindex incremental search | |
37 An incremental search begins searching as soon as you type the first | |
38 character of the search string. As you type in the search string, Emacs | |
39 shows you where the string (as you have typed it so far) would be | |
40 found. When you have typed enough characters to identify the place you | |
41 want, you can stop. Depending on what you plan to do next, you may or | |
42 may not need to terminate the search explicitly with @key{RET}. | |
43 | |
44 @c WideCommands | |
45 @table @kbd | |
46 @item C-s | |
47 Incremental search forward (@code{isearch-forward}). | |
48 @item C-r | |
49 Incremental search backward (@code{isearch-backward}). | |
50 @end table | |
51 | |
52 @kindex C-s | |
53 @findex isearch-forward | |
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54 @kbd{C-s} starts a forward incremental search. It reads characters |
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55 from the keyboard, and moves point past the next occurrence of those |
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56 characters. If you type @kbd{C-s} and then @kbd{F}, that puts the |
38880 | 57 cursor after the first @samp{F} (the first following the starting point, since |
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58 this is a forward search). Then if you type an @kbd{O}, you will see |
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59 the cursor move just after the first @samp{FO} (the @samp{F} in that |
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60 @samp{FO} may or may not be the first @samp{F}). After another |
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61 @kbd{O}, the cursor moves after the first @samp{FOO} after the place |
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62 where you started the search. At each step, the buffer text that |
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63 matches the search string is highlighted, if the terminal can do that; |
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64 the current search string is always displayed in the echo area. |
25829 | 65 |
66 If you make a mistake in typing the search string, you can cancel | |
67 characters with @key{DEL}. Each @key{DEL} cancels the last character of | |
68 search string. This does not happen until Emacs is ready to read another | |
69 input character; first it must either find, or fail to find, the character | |
70 you want to erase. If you do not want to wait for this to happen, use | |
71 @kbd{C-g} as described below. | |
72 | |
73 When you are satisfied with the place you have reached, you can type | |
74 @key{RET}, which stops searching, leaving the cursor where the search | |
75 brought it. Also, any command not specially meaningful in searches | |
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76 stops the searching and is then executed. Thus, typing @kbd{C-a} |
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77 would exit the search and then move to the beginning of the line. |
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78 @key{RET} is necessary only if the next command you want to type is a |
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79 printing character, @key{DEL}, @key{RET}, or another character that is |
25829 | 80 special within searches (@kbd{C-q}, @kbd{C-w}, @kbd{C-r}, @kbd{C-s}, |
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81 @kbd{C-y}, @kbd{M-y}, @kbd{M-r}, @kbd{M-s}, and some other |
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82 meta-characters). |
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84 Sometimes you search for @samp{FOO} and find one, but not the one you |
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85 expected to find. There was a second @samp{FOO} that you forgot |
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86 about, before the one you were aiming for. In this event, type |
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87 another @kbd{C-s} to move to the next occurrence of the search string. |
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88 You can repeat this any number of times. If you overshoot, you can |
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89 cancel some @kbd{C-s} characters with @key{DEL}. |
25829 | 90 |
91 After you exit a search, you can search for the same string again by | |
92 typing just @kbd{C-s C-s}: the first @kbd{C-s} is the key that invokes | |
93 incremental search, and the second @kbd{C-s} means ``search again.'' | |
94 | |
95 To reuse earlier search strings, use the @dfn{search ring}. The | |
96 commands @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n} move through the ring to pick a search | |
97 string to reuse. These commands leave the selected search ring element | |
98 in the minibuffer, where you can edit it. Type @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r} | |
99 to terminate editing the string and search for it. | |
100 | |
101 If your string is not found at all, the echo area says @samp{Failing | |
102 I-Search}. The cursor is after the place where Emacs found as much of your | |
103 string as it could. Thus, if you search for @samp{FOOT}, and there is no | |
104 @samp{FOOT}, you might see the cursor after the @samp{FOO} in @samp{FOOL}. | |
105 At this point there are several things you can do. If your string was | |
106 mistyped, you can rub some of it out and correct it. If you like the place | |
107 you have found, you can type @key{RET} or some other Emacs command to | |
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108 remain there. Or you can type @kbd{C-g}, which |
25829 | 109 removes from the search string the characters that could not be found (the |
110 @samp{T} in @samp{FOOT}), leaving those that were found (the @samp{FOO} in | |
111 @samp{FOOT}). A second @kbd{C-g} at that point cancels the search | |
112 entirely, returning point to where it was when the search started. | |
113 | |
114 An upper-case letter in the search string makes the search | |
115 case-sensitive. If you delete the upper-case character from the search | |
116 string, it ceases to have this effect. @xref{Search Case}. | |
117 | |
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118 To search for a newline, type @kbd{C-j}. To search for another |
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119 control character, such as control-S or carriage return, you must quote |
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120 it by typing @kbd{C-q} first. This function of @kbd{C-q} is analogous |
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121 to its use for insertion (@pxref{Inserting Text}): it causes the |
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122 following character to be treated the way any ``ordinary'' character is |
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123 treated in the same context. You can also specify a character by its |
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124 octal code: enter @kbd{C-q} followed by a sequence of octal digits. |
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126 @cindex searching for non-@acronym{ASCII} characters |
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127 @cindex input method, during incremental search |
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128 To search for non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you must use an input method |
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130 current buffer when you start the search, you can use it while you |
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131 type the search string also. Emacs indicates that by including the |
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132 input method mnemonic in its prompt, like this: |
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133 |
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134 @example |
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135 I-search [@var{im}]: |
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136 @end example |
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137 |
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138 @noindent |
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139 @findex isearch-toggle-input-method |
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140 @findex isearch-toggle-specified-input-method |
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141 where @var{im} is the mnemonic of the active input method. You can |
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142 toggle (enable or disable) the input method while you type the search |
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143 string with @kbd{C-\} (@code{isearch-toggle-input-method}). You can |
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144 turn on a certain (non-default) input method with @kbd{C-^} |
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145 (@code{isearch-toggle-specified-input-method}), which prompts for the |
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147 incremental search remains enabled in the current buffer afterwards. | |
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150 @kbd{C-s}, it starts again from the beginning of the buffer. |
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151 Repeating a failing reverse search with @kbd{C-r} starts again from |
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152 the end. This is called @dfn{wrapping around}, and @samp{Wrapped} |
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153 appears in the search prompt once this has happened. If you keep on |
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154 going past the original starting point of the search, it changes to |
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155 @samp{Overwrapped}, which means that you are revisiting matches that |
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156 you have already seen. |
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158 @cindex quitting (in search) | |
159 The @kbd{C-g} ``quit'' character does special things during searches; | |
160 just what it does depends on the status of the search. If the search has | |
161 found what you specified and is waiting for input, @kbd{C-g} cancels the | |
162 entire search. The cursor moves back to where you started the search. If | |
163 @kbd{C-g} is typed when there are characters in the search string that have | |
164 not been found---because Emacs is still searching for them, or because it | |
165 has failed to find them---then the search string characters which have not | |
166 been found are discarded from the search string. With them gone, the | |
167 search is now successful and waiting for more input, so a second @kbd{C-g} | |
168 will cancel the entire search. | |
169 | |
170 You can change to searching backwards with @kbd{C-r}. If a search fails | |
171 because the place you started was too late in the file, you should do this. | |
172 Repeated @kbd{C-r} keeps looking for more occurrences backwards. A | |
173 @kbd{C-s} starts going forwards again. @kbd{C-r} in a search can be canceled | |
174 with @key{DEL}. | |
175 | |
176 @kindex C-r | |
177 @findex isearch-backward | |
178 If you know initially that you want to search backwards, you can use | |
179 @kbd{C-r} instead of @kbd{C-s} to start the search, because @kbd{C-r} as | |
180 a key runs a command (@code{isearch-backward}) to search backward. A | |
181 backward search finds matches that are entirely before the starting | |
182 point, just as a forward search finds matches that begin after it. | |
183 | |
184 The characters @kbd{C-y} and @kbd{C-w} can be used in incremental | |
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185 search to grab text from the buffer into the search string. This |
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186 makes it convenient to search for another occurrence of text at point. |
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187 @kbd{C-w} copies the character or word after point as part of the |
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188 search string, advancing point over it. (The decision, whether to |
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189 copy a character or a word, is heuristic.) Another @kbd{C-s} to |
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190 repeat the search will then search for a string including that |
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191 character or word. |
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193 @kbd{C-y} is similar to @kbd{C-w} but copies all the rest of the |
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194 current line into the search string. Both @kbd{C-y} and @kbd{C-w} |
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199 string. It uses the same text that @kbd{C-y} as a command would yank. | |
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202 | |
203 When you exit the incremental search, it sets the mark to where point | |
204 @emph{was}, before the search. That is convenient for moving back | |
205 there. In Transient Mark mode, incremental search sets the mark without | |
206 activating it, and does so only if the mark is not already active. | |
207 | |
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209 @vindex isearch-lazy-highlight | |
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225 To customize the special characters that incremental search understands, | |
226 alter their bindings in the keymap @code{isearch-mode-map}. For a list | |
227 of bindings, look at the documentation of @code{isearch-mode} with | |
228 @kbd{C-h f isearch-mode @key{RET}}. | |
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259 | |
260 Incremental search on a slow terminal uses a modified style of display | |
261 that is designed to take less time. Instead of redisplaying the buffer at | |
262 each place the search gets to, it creates a new single-line window and uses | |
263 that to display the line that the search has found. The single-line window | |
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266 | |
267 When you terminate the search, the single-line window is removed. | |
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268 Emacs then redisplays the window in which the search was done, to show |
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270 | |
271 @vindex search-slow-speed | |
272 The slow terminal style of display is used when the terminal baud rate is | |
273 less than or equal to the value of the variable @code{search-slow-speed}, | |
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276 @vindex search-slow-window-lines | |
277 The number of lines to use in slow terminal search display is controlled | |
278 by the variable @code{search-slow-window-lines}. Its normal value is 1. | |
279 | |
280 @node Nonincremental Search, Word Search, Incremental Search, Search | |
281 @section Nonincremental Search | |
282 @cindex nonincremental search | |
283 | |
284 Emacs also has conventional nonincremental search commands, which require | |
285 you to type the entire search string before searching begins. | |
286 | |
287 @table @kbd | |
288 @item C-s @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} | |
289 Search for @var{string}. | |
290 @item C-r @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} | |
291 Search backward for @var{string}. | |
292 @end table | |
293 | |
294 To do a nonincremental search, first type @kbd{C-s @key{RET}}. This | |
295 enters the minibuffer to read the search string; terminate the string | |
296 with @key{RET}, and then the search takes place. If the string is not | |
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307 @xref{Word Search}. | |
308 @end ifinfo | |
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311 @findex search-forward | |
312 @findex search-backward | |
313 Forward and backward nonincremental searches are implemented by the | |
314 commands @code{search-forward} and @code{search-backward}. These | |
315 commands may be bound to keys in the usual manner. The feature that you | |
316 can get to them via the incremental search commands exists for | |
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319 | |
320 @node Word Search, Regexp Search, Nonincremental Search, Search | |
321 @section Word Search | |
322 @cindex word search | |
323 | |
324 Word search searches for a sequence of words without regard to how the | |
325 words are separated. More precisely, you type a string of many words, | |
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330 Word search is useful for editing a printed document made with a text | |
331 formatter. If you edit while looking at the printed, formatted version, | |
332 you can't tell where the line breaks are in the source file. With word | |
333 search, you can search without having to know them. | |
334 | |
335 @table @kbd | |
336 @item C-s @key{RET} C-w @var{words} @key{RET} | |
337 Search for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. | |
338 @item C-r @key{RET} C-w @var{words} @key{RET} | |
339 Search backward for @var{words}, ignoring details of punctuation. | |
340 @end table | |
341 | |
342 Word search is a special case of nonincremental search and is invoked | |
343 with @kbd{C-s @key{RET} C-w}. This is followed by the search string, | |
344 which must always be terminated with @key{RET}. Being nonincremental, | |
345 this search does not start until the argument is terminated. It works | |
346 by constructing a regular expression and searching for that; see | |
347 @ref{Regexp Search}. | |
348 | |
349 Use @kbd{C-r @key{RET} C-w} to do backward word search. | |
350 | |
351 @findex word-search-forward | |
352 @findex word-search-backward | |
353 Forward and backward word searches are implemented by the commands | |
354 @code{word-search-forward} and @code{word-search-backward}. These | |
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359 @node Regexp Search, Regexps, Word Search, Search | |
360 @section Regular Expression Search | |
361 @cindex regular expression | |
362 @cindex regexp | |
363 | |
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369 @kindex C-M-s | |
370 @findex isearch-forward-regexp | |
371 @kindex C-M-r | |
372 @findex isearch-backward-regexp | |
373 Incremental search for a regexp is done by typing @kbd{C-M-s} | |
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383 All of the control characters that do special things within an | |
384 ordinary incremental search have the same function in incremental regexp | |
385 search. Typing @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r} immediately after starting the | |
386 search retrieves the last incremental search regexp used; that is to | |
387 say, incremental regexp and non-regexp searches have independent | |
388 defaults. They also have separate search rings that you can access with | |
389 @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}. | |
390 | |
391 If you type @key{SPC} in incremental regexp search, it matches any | |
392 sequence of whitespace characters, including newlines. If you want | |
393 to match just a space, type @kbd{C-q @key{SPC}}. | |
394 | |
395 Note that adding characters to the regexp in an incremental regexp | |
396 search can make the cursor move back and start again. For example, if | |
397 you have searched for @samp{foo} and you add @samp{\|bar}, the cursor | |
398 backs up in case the first @samp{bar} precedes the first @samp{foo}. | |
399 | |
400 @findex re-search-forward | |
401 @findex re-search-backward | |
402 Nonincremental search for a regexp is done by the functions | |
403 @code{re-search-forward} and @code{re-search-backward}. You can invoke | |
404 these with @kbd{M-x}, or bind them to keys, or invoke them by way of | |
405 incremental regexp search with @kbd{C-M-s @key{RET}} and @kbd{C-M-r | |
406 @key{RET}}. | |
407 | |
408 If you use the incremental regexp search commands with a prefix | |
409 argument, they perform ordinary string search, like | |
410 @code{isearch-forward} and @code{isearch-backward}. @xref{Incremental | |
411 Search}. | |
412 | |
413 @node Regexps, Search Case, Regexp Search, Search | |
414 @section Syntax of Regular Expressions | |
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423 special constructs and the rest are @dfn{ordinary}. An ordinary | |
424 character is a simple regular expression which matches that same | |
425 character and nothing else. The special characters are @samp{$}, | |
426 @samp{^}, @samp{.}, @samp{*}, @samp{+}, @samp{?}, @samp{[}, @samp{]} and | |
427 @samp{\}. Any other character appearing in a regular expression is | |
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432 For example, @samp{f} is not a special character, so it is ordinary, and | |
433 therefore @samp{f} is a regular expression that matches the string | |
434 @samp{f} and no other string. (It does @emph{not} match the string | |
435 @samp{ff}.) Likewise, @samp{o} is a regular expression that matches | |
436 only @samp{o}. (When case distinctions are being ignored, these regexps | |
437 also match @samp{F} and @samp{O}, but we consider this a generalization | |
438 of ``the same string,'' rather than an exception.) | |
439 | |
440 Any two regular expressions @var{a} and @var{b} can be concatenated. The | |
441 result is a regular expression which matches a string if @var{a} matches | |
442 some amount of the beginning of that string and @var{b} matches the rest of | |
443 the string.@refill | |
444 | |
445 As a simple example, we can concatenate the regular expressions @samp{f} | |
446 and @samp{o} to get the regular expression @samp{fo}, which matches only | |
447 the string @samp{fo}. Still trivial. To do something nontrivial, you | |
448 need to use one of the special characters. Here is a list of them. | |
449 | |
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453 Using concatenation, we can make regular expressions like @samp{a.b}, which | |
454 matches any three-character string that begins with @samp{a} and ends with | |
455 @samp{b}.@refill | |
456 | |
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459 match the preceding regular expression repetitively as many times as | |
460 possible. Thus, @samp{o*} matches any number of @samp{o}s (including no | |
461 @samp{o}s). | |
462 | |
463 @samp{*} always applies to the @emph{smallest} possible preceding | |
464 expression. Thus, @samp{fo*} has a repeating @samp{o}, not a repeating | |
465 @samp{fo}. It matches @samp{f}, @samp{fo}, @samp{foo}, and so on. | |
466 | |
467 The matcher processes a @samp{*} construct by matching, immediately, | |
468 as many repetitions as can be found. Then it continues with the rest | |
469 of the pattern. If that fails, backtracking occurs, discarding some | |
470 of the matches of the @samp{*}-modified construct in case that makes | |
471 it possible to match the rest of the pattern. For example, in matching | |
472 @samp{ca*ar} against the string @samp{caaar}, the @samp{a*} first | |
473 tries to match all three @samp{a}s; but the rest of the pattern is | |
474 @samp{ar} and there is only @samp{r} left to match, so this try fails. | |
475 The next alternative is for @samp{a*} to match only two @samp{a}s. | |
476 With this choice, the rest of the regexp matches successfully.@refill | |
477 | |
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480 the preceding expression at least once. So, for example, @samp{ca+r} | |
481 matches the strings @samp{car} and @samp{caaaar} but not the string | |
482 @samp{cr}, whereas @samp{ca*r} matches all three strings. | |
483 | |
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486 preceding expression either once or not at all. For example, | |
487 @samp{ca?r} matches @samp{car} or @samp{cr}; nothing else. | |
488 | |
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527 by @samp{]}. In the simplest case, the characters between the two | |
528 brackets are what this set can match. | |
529 | |
530 Thus, @samp{[ad]} matches either one @samp{a} or one @samp{d}, and | |
531 @samp{[ad]*} matches any string composed of just @samp{a}s and @samp{d}s | |
532 (including the empty string), from which it follows that @samp{c[ad]*r} | |
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535 You can also include character ranges in a character set, by writing the | |
536 starting and ending characters with a @samp{-} between them. Thus, | |
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25829 | 538 intermixed freely with individual characters, as in @samp{[a-z$%.]}, |
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542 Note that the usual regexp special characters are not special inside a | |
543 character set. A completely different set of special characters exists | |
544 inside character sets: @samp{]}, @samp{-} and @samp{^}. | |
545 | |
546 To include a @samp{]} in a character set, you must make it the first | |
547 character. For example, @samp{[]a]} matches @samp{]} or @samp{a}. To | |
548 include a @samp{-}, write @samp{-} as the first or last character of the | |
549 set, or put it after a range. Thus, @samp{[]-]} matches both @samp{]} | |
550 and @samp{-}. | |
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555 When you use a range in case-insensitive search, you should write both | |
556 ends of the range in upper case, or both in lower case, or both should | |
557 be non-letters. The behavior of a mixed-case range such as @samp{A-z} | |
558 is somewhat ill-defined, and it may change in future Emacs versions. | |
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562 character except the ones specified. Thus, @samp{[^a-z0-9A-Z]} matches | |
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565 @samp{^} is not special in a character set unless it is the first | |
566 character. The character following the @samp{^} is treated as if it | |
567 were first (in other words, @samp{-} and @samp{]} are not special there). | |
568 | |
569 A complemented character set can match a newline, unless newline is | |
570 mentioned as one of the characters not to match. This is in contrast to | |
571 the handling of regexps in programs such as @code{grep}. | |
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575 beginning of a line in the text being matched. Otherwise it fails to | |
576 match anything. Thus, @samp{^foo} matches a @samp{foo} that occurs at | |
577 the beginning of a line. | |
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585 @samp{x+$} matches a string of one @samp{x} or more at the end of a line. | |
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593 @samp{\}), and it introduces additional special constructs. | |
594 | |
595 Because @samp{\} quotes special characters, @samp{\$} is a regular | |
596 expression that matches only @samp{$}, and @samp{\[} is a regular | |
597 expression that matches only @samp{[}, and so on. | |
598 @end table | |
599 | |
600 Note: for historical compatibility, special characters are treated as | |
601 ordinary ones if they are in contexts where their special meanings make no | |
602 sense. For example, @samp{*foo} treats @samp{*} as ordinary since there is | |
603 no preceding expression on which the @samp{*} can act. It is poor practice | |
604 to depend on this behavior; it is better to quote the special character anyway, | |
605 regardless of where it appears.@refill | |
606 | |
607 For the most part, @samp{\} followed by any character matches only that | |
608 character. However, there are several exceptions: two-character | |
609 sequences starting with @samp{\} that have special meanings. The second | |
610 character in the sequence is always an ordinary character when used on | |
611 its own. Here is a table of @samp{\} constructs. | |
612 | |
613 @table @kbd | |
614 @item \| | |
615 specifies an alternative. Two regular expressions @var{a} and @var{b} | |
616 with @samp{\|} in between form an expression that matches some text if | |
617 either @var{a} matches it or @var{b} matches it. It works by trying to | |
618 match @var{a}, and if that fails, by trying to match @var{b}. | |
619 | |
620 Thus, @samp{foo\|bar} matches either @samp{foo} or @samp{bar} | |
621 but no other string.@refill | |
622 | |
623 @samp{\|} applies to the largest possible surrounding expressions. Only a | |
624 surrounding @samp{\( @dots{} \)} grouping can limit the grouping power of | |
625 @samp{\|}.@refill | |
626 | |
627 Full backtracking capability exists to handle multiple uses of @samp{\|}. | |
628 | |
629 @item \( @dots{} \) | |
630 is a grouping construct that serves three purposes: | |
631 | |
632 @enumerate | |
633 @item | |
634 To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations. | |
635 Thus, @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox} or @samp{barx}. | |
636 | |
637 @item | |
638 To enclose a complicated expression for the postfix operators @samp{*}, | |
639 @samp{+} and @samp{?} to operate on. Thus, @samp{ba\(na\)*} matches | |
640 @samp{bananana}, etc., with any (zero or more) number of @samp{na} | |
641 strings.@refill | |
642 | |
643 @item | |
644 To record a matched substring for future reference. | |
645 @end enumerate | |
646 | |
647 This last application is not a consequence of the idea of a | |
648 parenthetical grouping; it is a separate feature that is assigned as a | |
649 second meaning to the same @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct. In practice | |
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661 @item \@var{d} | |
662 matches the same text that matched the @var{d}th occurrence of a | |
663 @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct. | |
664 | |
665 After the end of a @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct, the matcher remembers | |
666 the beginning and end of the text matched by that construct. Then, | |
667 later on in the regular expression, you can use @samp{\} followed by the | |
668 digit @var{d} to mean ``match the same text matched the @var{d}th time | |
669 by the @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct.'' | |
670 | |
671 The strings matching the first nine @samp{\( @dots{} \)} constructs | |
672 appearing in a regular expression are assigned numbers 1 through 9 in | |
673 the order that the open-parentheses appear in the regular expression. | |
674 So you can use @samp{\1} through @samp{\9} to refer to the text matched | |
675 by the corresponding @samp{\( @dots{} \)} constructs. | |
676 | |
677 For example, @samp{\(.*\)\1} matches any newline-free string that is | |
678 composed of two identical halves. The @samp{\(.*\)} matches the first | |
679 half, which may be anything, but the @samp{\1} that follows must match | |
680 the same exact text. | |
681 | |
682 If a particular @samp{\( @dots{} \)} construct matches more than once | |
683 (which can easily happen if it is followed by @samp{*}), only the last | |
684 match is recorded. | |
685 | |
686 @item \` | |
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688 buffer (or its accessible portion) being matched against. | |
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690 @item \' | |
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692 (or its accessible portion) being matched against. | |
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694 @item \= | |
695 matches the empty string, but only at point. | |
696 | |
697 @item \b | |
698 matches the empty string, but only at the beginning or | |
699 end of a word. Thus, @samp{\bfoo\b} matches any occurrence of | |
700 @samp{foo} as a separate word. @samp{\bballs?\b} matches | |
701 @samp{ball} or @samp{balls} as a separate word.@refill | |
702 | |
703 @samp{\b} matches at the beginning or end of the buffer | |
704 regardless of what text appears next to it. | |
705 | |
706 @item \B | |
707 matches the empty string, but @emph{not} at the beginning or | |
708 end of a word. | |
709 | |
710 @item \< | |
711 matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a word. | |
712 @samp{\<} matches at the beginning of the buffer only if a | |
713 word-constituent character follows. | |
714 | |
715 @item \> | |
716 matches the empty string, but only at the end of a word. @samp{\>} | |
717 matches at the end of the buffer only if the contents end with a | |
718 word-constituent character. | |
719 | |
720 @item \w | |
721 matches any word-constituent character. The syntax table | |
722 determines which characters these are. @xref{Syntax}. | |
723 | |
724 @item \W | |
725 matches any character that is not a word-constituent. | |
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743 for ordinary punctuation, etc. @xref{Syntax}. |
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745 @item \S@var{c} | |
746 matches any character whose syntax is not @var{c}. | |
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750 @findex describe-categories |
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753 example, @samp{\cc} matches Chinese characters, @samp{\cg} matches |
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761 | |
762 The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by the | |
763 setting of the syntax table (@pxref{Syntax}). | |
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771 of the regexp, @samp{\t} for a tab, and @samp{\n} for a newline. |
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773 @example | |
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776 | |
777 @noindent | |
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816 | |
817 Incremental searches in Emacs normally ignore the case of the text | |
818 they are searching through, if you specify the text in lower case. | |
819 Thus, if you specify searching for @samp{foo}, then @samp{Foo} and | |
820 @samp{foo} are also considered a match. Regexps, and in particular | |
821 character sets, are included: @samp{[ab]} would match @samp{a} or | |
822 @samp{A} or @samp{b} or @samp{B}.@refill | |
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824 An upper-case letter anywhere in the incremental search string makes | |
825 the search case-sensitive. Thus, searching for @samp{Foo} does not find | |
826 @samp{foo} or @samp{FOO}. This applies to regular expression search as | |
827 well as to string search. The effect ceases if you delete the | |
828 upper-case letter from the search string. | |
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837 all letters must match exactly, including case. This is a per-buffer | |
838 variable; altering the variable affects only the current buffer, but | |
839 there is a default value which you can change as well. @xref{Locals}. | |
840 This variable applies to nonincremental searches also, including those | |
841 performed by the replace commands (@pxref{Replace}) and the minibuffer | |
842 history matching commands (@pxref{Minibuffer History}). | |
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854 @subsection Standard scrolling commands |
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855 Here is the list of commands which are configured by default to be |
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856 ``scrolling'' commands in an incremental search, together with their |
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857 usual bindings: |
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858 @subsubsection Commands which scroll the window: |
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859 @table @asis |
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860 @item @code{scroll-bar-toolkit-scroll} (@kbd{@key{vertical-scroll-bar}@key{mouse-1}} in X-Windows) |
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861 @itemx @code{mac-handle-scroll-bar-event} (@kbd{@key{vertical-scroll-bar}@key{mouse-1}} on a Mac) |
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862 @itemx @code{w32-handle-scroll-bar-event} (@kbd{@key{vertical-scroll-bar}@key{mouse-1}} in MS-Windows) |
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863 @item @code{recenter} (@kbd{C-l}) @xref{Scrolling}. |
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864 @itemx @code{reposition-window} (@kbd{C-M-l}) @xref{Scrolling}. |
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865 @itemx @code{scroll-up} (@kbd{@key{NEXT}}) @xref{Scrolling}. |
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866 @itemx @code{scroll-down} (@kbd{@key{PRIOR}}) @xref{Scrolling}. |
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867 @end table |
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869 @subsubsection Commands which act on the other window: |
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870 @table @asis |
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871 @item @code{list-buffers} (@kbd{C-x C-b}) @xref{List Buffers}. |
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872 @itemx @code{scroll-other-window} (@kbd{C-M-v}) @xref{Other Window}. |
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873 @itemx @code{scroll-other-window-down} (@kbd{C-M-S-v}) @xref{Other Window}. |
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874 @itemx @code{beginning-of-buffer-other-window} (@kbd{M-@key{home}}) |
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875 @itemx @code{end-of-buffer-other-window} (@kbd{M-@key{end}}) |
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876 @end table |
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878 @subsubsection Commands which change the window layout: |
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879 @table @asis |
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880 @item @code{delete-other-windows} (@kbd{C-x 1}) @xref{Change Window}. |
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881 @itemx @code{balance-windows} (@kbd{C-x +}) @xref{Change Window}. |
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882 @itemx @code{split-window-vertically} (@kbd{C-x 2}) @xref{Split Window}. |
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883 @itemx @code{enlarge-window} (@kbd{C-x ^}) @xref{Change Window}. |
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884 @end table |
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885 |
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886 @subsection Configuring other commands as scrolling commands |
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887 To do this, set a command's isearch-scroll property to the value t. |
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891 @code{(put 'my-command 'isearch-scroll t)} |
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892 @end example |
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894 You should only thus configure commands which are ``safe'': i.e., they |
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895 won't leave emacs in an inconsistent state when executed within a |
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896 search - that is to say, the following things may be changed by a |
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897 command only temporarily, and must be restored before the command |
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900 @enumerate |
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902 Point. |
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906 The selected window and selected frame. |
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907 @item |
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908 The current match-data @xref{Match Data,,,elisp}. |
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909 @end enumerate |
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912 not itself attempt an incremental search. It may, however, change the |
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913 window's size, or create or delete other windows and frames. |
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915 Note that an attempt by a command to scroll the text |
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916 @emph{horizontally} won't work, although it will do no harm - any such |
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917 scrolling will be overriden and nullified by the display code. |
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919 @node Replace, Other Repeating Search, Configuring Scrolling, Search |
25829 | 920 @section Replacement Commands |
921 @cindex replacement | |
922 @cindex search-and-replace commands | |
923 @cindex string substitution | |
924 @cindex global substitution | |
925 | |
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926 Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs, |
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927 but they are available. In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x |
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928 replace-string} command which is like that found in most editors, |
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929 there is a @kbd{M-x query-replace} command which finds each occurrence |
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930 of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it. |
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932 The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the | |
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934 Mark}), when the mark is active, they operate on the region. The |
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935 replace commands all replace one string (or regexp) with one |
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936 replacement string. It is possible to perform several replacements in |
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937 parallel using the command @code{expand-region-abbrevs} |
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938 (@pxref{Expanding Abbrevs}). |
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940 @menu | |
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942 * Regexp Replace:: Replacing all matches for a regexp. |
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943 * Replacement and Case:: How replacements preserve case of letters. |
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944 * Query Replace:: How to use querying. |
25829 | 945 @end menu |
946 | |
947 @node Unconditional Replace, Regexp Replace, Replace, Replace | |
948 @subsection Unconditional Replacement | |
949 @findex replace-string | |
950 @findex replace-regexp | |
951 | |
952 @table @kbd | |
953 @item M-x replace-string @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
954 Replace every occurrence of @var{string} with @var{newstring}. | |
955 @item M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
956 Replace every match for @var{regexp} with @var{newstring}. | |
957 @end table | |
958 | |
959 To replace every instance of @samp{foo} after point with @samp{bar}, | |
960 use the command @kbd{M-x replace-string} with the two arguments | |
961 @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}. Replacement happens only in the text after | |
962 point, so if you want to cover the whole buffer you must go to the | |
963 beginning first. All occurrences up to the end of the buffer are | |
964 replaced; to limit replacement to part of the buffer, narrow to that | |
965 part of the buffer before doing the replacement (@pxref{Narrowing}). | |
966 In Transient Mark mode, when the region is active, replacement is | |
967 limited to the region (@pxref{Transient Mark}). | |
968 | |
969 When @code{replace-string} exits, it leaves point at the last | |
970 occurrence replaced. It sets the mark to the prior position of point | |
971 (where the @code{replace-string} command was issued); use @kbd{C-u | |
972 C-@key{SPC}} to move back there. | |
973 | |
974 A numeric argument restricts replacement to matches that are surrounded | |
975 by word boundaries. The argument's value doesn't matter. | |
976 | |
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980 M-x query-replace @key{RET} x @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET} |
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990 @subsection Regexp Replacement | |
991 | |
992 The @kbd{M-x replace-string} command replaces exact matches for a | |
993 single string. The similar command @kbd{M-x replace-regexp} replaces | |
994 any match for a specified pattern. | |
995 | |
996 In @code{replace-regexp}, the @var{newstring} need not be constant: it | |
997 can refer to all or part of what is matched by the @var{regexp}. | |
998 @samp{\&} in @var{newstring} stands for the entire match being replaced. | |
999 @samp{\@var{d}} in @var{newstring}, where @var{d} is a digit, stands for | |
1000 whatever matched the @var{d}th parenthesized grouping in @var{regexp}. | |
1001 To include a @samp{\} in the text to replace with, you must enter | |
1002 @samp{\\}. For example, | |
1003 | |
1004 @example | |
1005 M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} c[ad]+r @key{RET} \&-safe @key{RET} | |
1006 @end example | |
1007 | |
1008 @noindent | |
1009 replaces (for example) @samp{cadr} with @samp{cadr-safe} and @samp{cddr} | |
1010 with @samp{cddr-safe}. | |
1011 | |
1012 @example | |
1013 M-x replace-regexp @key{RET} \(c[ad]+r\)-safe @key{RET} \1 @key{RET} | |
1014 @end example | |
1015 | |
1016 @noindent | |
1017 performs the inverse transformation. | |
1018 | |
1019 @node Replacement and Case, Query Replace, Regexp Replace, Replace | |
1020 @subsection Replace Commands and Case | |
1021 | |
1022 If the first argument of a replace command is all lower case, the | |
38016 | 1023 command ignores case while searching for occurrences to |
25829 | 1024 replace---provided @code{case-fold-search} is non-@code{nil}. If |
1025 @code{case-fold-search} is set to @code{nil}, case is always significant | |
1026 in all searches. | |
1027 | |
1028 @vindex case-replace | |
1029 In addition, when the @var{newstring} argument is all or partly lower | |
1030 case, replacement commands try to preserve the case pattern of each | |
1031 occurrence. Thus, the command | |
1032 | |
1033 @example | |
1034 M-x replace-string @key{RET} foo @key{RET} bar @key{RET} | |
1035 @end example | |
1036 | |
1037 @noindent | |
1038 replaces a lower case @samp{foo} with a lower case @samp{bar}, an | |
1039 all-caps @samp{FOO} with @samp{BAR}, and a capitalized @samp{Foo} with | |
1040 @samp{Bar}. (These three alternatives---lower case, all caps, and | |
1041 capitalized, are the only ones that @code{replace-string} can | |
1042 distinguish.) | |
1043 | |
1044 If upper-case letters are used in the replacement string, they remain | |
1045 upper case every time that text is inserted. If upper-case letters are | |
1046 used in the first argument, the second argument is always substituted | |
1047 exactly as given, with no case conversion. Likewise, if either | |
1048 @code{case-replace} or @code{case-fold-search} is set to @code{nil}, | |
1049 replacement is done without case conversion. | |
1050 | |
1051 @node Query Replace,, Replacement and Case, Replace | |
1052 @subsection Query Replace | |
1053 @cindex query replace | |
1054 | |
1055 @table @kbd | |
1056 @item M-% @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1057 @itemx M-x query-replace @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1058 Replace some occurrences of @var{string} with @var{newstring}. | |
1059 @item C-M-% @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1060 @itemx M-x query-replace-regexp @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{newstring} @key{RET} | |
1061 Replace some matches for @var{regexp} with @var{newstring}. | |
1062 @end table | |
1063 | |
1064 @kindex M-% | |
1065 @findex query-replace | |
1066 If you want to change only some of the occurrences of @samp{foo} to | |
1067 @samp{bar}, not all of them, then you cannot use an ordinary | |
1068 @code{replace-string}. Instead, use @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}). | |
1069 This command finds occurrences of @samp{foo} one by one, displays each | |
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1077 @kindex C-M-% | |
1078 @findex query-replace-regexp | |
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1084 @ignore @c Not worth it. | |
1085 @kindex SPC @r{(query-replace)} | |
1086 @kindex DEL @r{(query-replace)} | |
1087 @kindex , @r{(query-replace)} | |
1088 @kindex RET @r{(query-replace)} | |
1089 @kindex . @r{(query-replace)} | |
1090 @kindex ! @r{(query-replace)} | |
1091 @kindex ^ @r{(query-replace)} | |
1092 @kindex C-r @r{(query-replace)} | |
1093 @kindex C-w @r{(query-replace)} | |
1094 @kindex C-l @r{(query-replace)} | |
1095 @end ignore | |
1096 | |
1097 @c WideCommands | |
1098 @table @kbd | |
1099 @item @key{SPC} | |
1100 to replace the occurrence with @var{newstring}. | |
1101 | |
1102 @item @key{DEL} | |
1103 to skip to the next occurrence without replacing this one. | |
1104 | |
1105 @item , @r{(Comma)} | |
1106 to replace this occurrence and display the result. You are then asked | |
1107 for another input character to say what to do next. Since the | |
1108 replacement has already been made, @key{DEL} and @key{SPC} are | |
1109 equivalent in this situation; both move to the next occurrence. | |
1110 | |
1111 You can type @kbd{C-r} at this point (see below) to alter the replaced | |
1112 text. You can also type @kbd{C-x u} to undo the replacement; this exits | |
1113 the @code{query-replace}, so if you want to do further replacement you | |
1114 must use @kbd{C-x @key{ESC} @key{ESC} @key{RET}} to restart | |
1115 (@pxref{Repetition}). | |
1116 | |
1117 @item @key{RET} | |
1118 to exit without doing any more replacements. | |
1119 | |
1120 @item .@: @r{(Period)} | |
1121 to replace this occurrence and then exit without searching for more | |
1122 occurrences. | |
1123 | |
1124 @item ! | |
1125 to replace all remaining occurrences without asking again. | |
1126 | |
1127 @item ^ | |
1128 to go back to the position of the previous occurrence (or what used to | |
1129 be an occurrence), in case you changed it by mistake. This works by | |
1130 popping the mark ring. Only one @kbd{^} in a row is meaningful, because | |
1131 only one previous replacement position is kept during @code{query-replace}. | |
1132 | |
1133 @item C-r | |
1134 to enter a recursive editing level, in case the occurrence needs to be | |
1135 edited rather than just replaced with @var{newstring}. When you are | |
1136 done, exit the recursive editing level with @kbd{C-M-c} to proceed to | |
1137 the next occurrence. @xref{Recursive Edit}. | |
1138 | |
1139 @item C-w | |
1140 to delete the occurrence, and then enter a recursive editing level as in | |
1141 @kbd{C-r}. Use the recursive edit to insert text to replace the deleted | |
1142 occurrence of @var{string}. When done, exit the recursive editing level | |
1143 with @kbd{C-M-c} to proceed to the next occurrence. | |
1144 | |
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1152 to redisplay the screen. Then you must type another character to | |
1153 specify what to do with this occurrence. | |
1154 | |
1155 @item C-h | |
1156 to display a message summarizing these options. Then you must type | |
1157 another character to specify what to do with this occurrence. | |
1158 @end table | |
1159 | |
1160 Some other characters are aliases for the ones listed above: @kbd{y}, | |
1161 @kbd{n} and @kbd{q} are equivalent to @key{SPC}, @key{DEL} and | |
1162 @key{RET}. | |
1163 | |
1164 Aside from this, any other character exits the @code{query-replace}, | |
1165 and is then reread as part of a key sequence. Thus, if you type | |
1166 @kbd{C-k}, it exits the @code{query-replace} and then kills to end of | |
1167 line. | |
1168 | |
1169 To restart a @code{query-replace} once it is exited, use @kbd{C-x | |
1170 @key{ESC} @key{ESC}}, which repeats the @code{query-replace} because it | |
1171 used the minibuffer to read its arguments. @xref{Repetition, C-x ESC | |
1172 ESC}. | |
1173 | |
1174 See also @ref{Transforming File Names}, for Dired commands to rename, | |
1175 copy, or link files by replacing regexp matches in file names. | |
1176 | |
1177 @node Other Repeating Search,, Replace, Search | |
1178 @section Other Search-and-Loop Commands | |
1179 | |
1180 Here are some other commands that find matches for a regular | |
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1187 @findex list-matching-lines | |
1188 @findex occur | |
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1193 @findex delete-matching-lines | |
1194 @findex flush-lines | |
1195 @findex keep-lines | |
1196 | |
1197 @table @kbd | |
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1217 Synonym for @kbd{M-x occur}. | |
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1249 @ignore | |
1250 arch-tag: fd9d8e77-66af-491c-b212-d80999613e3e | |
1251 @end ignore |