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RE: "C-a" the first character in each line?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: "C-a" the first character in each line? |
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Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:14:01 -0700 |
> (while (search-forward-regexp "^\\(.\\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "\% \1"))
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> laa
> moo
> nii
> -----------------
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> I expected
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> %
> % laa
> % moo
> % nii
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> but isnstead I get
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> % ^A
> % ^Aaa
> % ^Aoo
> % ^Aii
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> where ^A stands for the character "C-a".
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> What am I missing?
^A is octal 1. You need \\1, not \1.