Mercurial > emacs
changeset 48533:2eca4c95c2bf
(Unconditional Replace): Explain how to replace two strings
each with the other.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:07:46 +0000 |
| parents | af5c2643120c |
| children | 4128ae2ce141 |
| files | man/search.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/search.texi Sun Nov 24 19:06:57 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/search.texi Sun Nov 24 19:07:46 2002 +0000 @@ -845,6 +845,18 @@ 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 query-replace @key{RET} x @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET} +M-x query-replace @key{RET} y @key{RET} x @key{RET} +M-x query-replace @key{RET} @@TEMP@@ @key{RET} y @key{RET} +@end example + +@noindent +This works provided the string @samp{@@TEMP@@} does not appear +in your text. + @node Regexp Replace, Replacement and Case, Unconditional Replace, Replace @subsection Regexp Replacement