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author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-11-24 19:07:46 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-11-24 19:07:46 +0000 |
commit | 46b1e9bb80473fe5a3190900ec358ff7a4e9978f (patch) | |
tree | 5d43b37c5aecef73ba03dd53f5d363ae8eb0d7e6 /man | |
parent | 3ae23222ce96c59135f810b564cee84e3340a019 (diff) |
(Unconditional Replace): Explain how to replace two strings
each with the other.
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diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi index ea2b461e27..a9d5b5e9ba 100644 --- a/man/search.texi +++ b/man/search.texi @@ -845,6 +845,18 @@ 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 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 |