Re: #1: How to do vi's 'g/foo/s/x/y/' #2: + with a Q-R "yes/no?"

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 07.04.2007 um 19:51 schrieb David Combs:

> (1) How to do, in gnu-emacs,  vi's 'g/foo/s/x/y/':

        M-x replace-regexp RET ^\(.*foo.*\)x\(.*\)$ RET \1y\2 RET and
        M-x replace-regexp RET ^\(.*\)x\(.*foo.*\)$ RET \1y\2 RET ?

I think it's necessary to distinguish the two cases where the MUST  
HAVE is left or right of the MUST NOT BE. Instead of replace-regexp  
you can also use query-replace-regexp.

It might be possible to unite these into one expression using  
alternatives.

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