Re: query-replace

[Miles Bader]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Even simpler is M-%  _and_  RET _or_  (where the underscores represent
>> explicit spaces typed into the pattern strings.
>
> Which doesn't work if "and" occurs at the beginning or end of a line.

Actually, the simplest way is to just use a `C-u' prefix to the replace
or query-replace command -- it causes the replacements only be done on
"word delimited" matches.

So:    C-u M-% and RET or RET

(no significant spaces)

-Miles
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