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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1994-12-04 12:52:52 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1994-12-04 12:52:52 +0000
commit9b0bf2b6bdab97f2f9e01da7335e18c3945c5b5c (patch)
treed6cd5532b0969dfc9f9c599a31729082fdc79f0e /lisp/replace.el
parentbcddd52e8c01622559ba8fdddc8504f78a8a02d6 (diff)
(replace-string, query-replace): Doc fixes.
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diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
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--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ minibuffer.
Preserves case in each replacement if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search'
are non-nil and FROM-STRING has no uppercase letters.
+\(Preserving case means that if the string matched is all caps, or capitalized,
+then its replacement is upcased or capitalized.)
+
Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace
only matches surrounded by word boundaries.
@@ -133,6 +136,9 @@ before rotating to the next."
"Replace occurrences of FROM-STRING with TO-STRING.
Preserve case in each match if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search'
are non-nil and FROM-STRING has no uppercase letters.
+\(Preserving case means that if the string matched is all caps, or capitalized,
+then its replacement is upcased or capitalized.)
+
Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace
only matches surrounded by word boundaries.