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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/replace.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/replace.el | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index 9e2d521baf0..e6124f44c9f 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -391,9 +391,10 @@ replace backward. Fourth and fifth arg START and END specify the region to operate on. -In TO-STRING, `\\&' stands for whatever matched the whole of REGEXP, -and `\\=\\N' (where N is a digit) stands for -whatever what matched the Nth `\\(...\\)' in REGEXP. +In TO-STRING, `\\&' or `\\0' stands for whatever matched the whole of +REGEXP, and `\\=\\N' (where N is a digit) stands for whatever matched +the Nth `\\(...\\)' (1-based) in REGEXP. The `\\(...\\)' groups are +counted from 1. `\\?' lets you edit the replacement text in the minibuffer at the given position for each replacement. @@ -451,7 +452,9 @@ If the result of TO-EXPR is not a string, it is converted to one using For convenience, when entering TO-EXPR interactively, you can use `\\&' or `\\0' to stand for whatever matched the whole of REGEXP, and `\\N' (where -N is a digit) to stand for whatever matched the Nth `\\(...\\)' in REGEXP. +N is a digit) to stand for whatever matched the Nth `\\(...\\)' (1-based) +in REGEXP. + Use `\\#&' or `\\#N' if you want a number instead of a string. In interactive use, `\\#' in itself stands for `replace-count'. @@ -635,9 +638,9 @@ replace backward. Fourth and fifth arg START and END specify the region to operate on. -In TO-STRING, `\\&' stands for whatever matched the whole of REGEXP, -and `\\=\\N' (where N is a digit) stands for -whatever what matched the Nth `\\(...\\)' in REGEXP. +In TO-STRING, `\\&' or `\\0' stands for whatever matched the whole of +REGEXP, and `\\=\\N' (where N is a digit) stands for +whatever matched the Nth `\\(...\\)' (1-based) in REGEXP. `\\?' lets you edit the replacement text in the minibuffer at the given position for each replacement. |