comparison man/search.texi @ 90813:e6fdae9180d4

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 698-710) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 216) - Update from CVS Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--unicode--0--patch-196

90812:6137cc8ddf90

C-@key{SPC}} to move back there.

  A numeric argument restricts replacement to matches that are surrounded
by word boundaries.  The argument's value doesn't matter.

  What if you want to exchange @samp{x} and @samp{y}: replace every @samp{x} with a @samp{y} and vice versa?  You can do it this way:

@example
M-x replace-string @key{RET} x @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET}
M-< M-x replace-string @key{RET} y @key{RET} x @key{RET}

@code{replace-string}.  Instead, use @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}).
This command finds occurrences of @samp{foo} one by one, displays each
occurrence and asks you whether to replace it.  Aside from querying,
@code{query-replace} works just like @code{replace-string}.  It
preserves case, like @code{replace-string}, provided
@code{case-replace} is non-@code{nil}, as it normally is.  A numeric
argument means consider only occurrences that are bounded by
word-delimiter characters.

@kindex C-M-%
@findex query-replace-regexp
  @kbd{C-M-%} performs regexp search and replace (@code{query-replace-regexp}).
It works like @code{replace-regexp} except that it queries

90813:e6fdae9180d4

C-@key{SPC}} to move back there.

  A numeric argument restricts replacement to matches that are surrounded
by word boundaries.  The argument's value doesn't matter.

  @xref{Replacement and Case}, for details about case-sensitivity in
replace commands.

  What if you want to exchange @samp{x} and @samp{y}: replace every @samp{x} with a @samp{y} and vice versa?  You can do it this way:

@example
M-x replace-string @key{RET} x @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET}
M-< M-x replace-string @key{RET} y @key{RET} x @key{RET}

@code{replace-string}.  Instead, use @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}).
This command finds occurrences of @samp{foo} one by one, displays each
occurrence and asks you whether to replace it.  Aside from querying,
@code{query-replace} works just like @code{replace-string}.  It
preserves case, like @code{replace-string}, provided
@code{case-replace} is non-@code{nil}, as it normally is
(@pxref{Replacement and Case}).  A numeric argument means consider
only occurrences that are bounded by word-delimiter characters.

@kindex C-M-%
@findex query-replace-regexp
  @kbd{C-M-%} performs regexp search and replace (@code{query-replace-regexp}).
It works like @code{replace-regexp} except that it queries