| Re: Using a newline character in the newstring in M-x replace-regexp |
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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Kevin RodgersKevin Rodgers Date: Sep 10, 2008 22:12
David Combs wrote:
>>> It works for me and should work in any emacs 22. For interactive use,
>>> i think C-q C-j is actually the only way to insert newlines.
>> C-o or C-012 RET also work for a query-replace.
>> C-o does not work by default for an incremental search.
>> The following code adds this shortcut to the incremental commands.
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>> (define-key isearch-mode-map "\C-o"
>> (lambda () (interactive)
>> (isearch-process-search-char ?\n)))
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> Looks nifty -- but what does it do?
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> 1: what's the purpose of defining C-o?
It's shorter and perhaps easier to remember than C-q C-j.
> 2: what does that function/lambda-expr actually *do*
> when it gets called>
> (like, how does it get a newline inserted?)
>
> Unfortunately:
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> | isearch-process-search-char is a compiled Lisp function in `isearch'.
> | (isearch-process-search-char CHAR)
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> | Not documented.
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> | [back]
If you follow the link to isearch, you'll see its definition, which has
this comment:
;; Append the char to the search string, update the message and
re-search.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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