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bug#734: 23.0.60; Interactively use a list argument to replace-string +
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#734: 23.0.60; Interactively use a list argument to replace-string + missing documentation |
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Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:06:51 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Nikos Apostolakis <nikos.ap@gmail.com> writes:
> I learned from a post in gnu.emacs.help that the second argument to
> replace-string can be a list of strings. In this case the elements of
> the list are used in cyclic order. It appears that this feature can't
> be used when the function is used interactively. I think this can be
> a very useful feature and should probably be accessible interactively.
>
> Also this behavior is not documented in the doc string or the info page
> of replace-string -- although it is documented in the info page for
> perform-replace function.
The underlying function supports a complex list of replacements, but
`replace-match' does not: It's an interactive-only function, and
entering a list of strings interactively doesn't make much sense.
So I'm closing this bug report.
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