Re: query replace

[Russ P.]

On Oct 7, 9:39 pm, "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am in the process of trying to switch from XEmacs to Emacs. I am
> confused about how to use query replace in Emacs.
>
> In XEmacs, I go to Edit/Replace, and I get a "query replace" prompt. I
> enter the search string, hit return, then enter the replacement
> string. It then automatically takes me to each occurrence of the
> search string, where I can hit y or n to tell it to replace or not
> replace. Or I can hit ! to replace all occurrences at once.
>
> When I do the same thing in Emacs, up to entering the search and
> replacement strings, it does nothing. What am I supposed to do to
> actually replace occurrences of the search string? Sorry if I am being
> dense, but it was so easy in XEmacs. Thanks.
>
> Russ P.

The problem I outlined above was on my home computer, but when I tried
it on my work computer it worked as I expected it to work. Both
machines are running emacs 23 on Linux. I don't know what is wrong on
my home machine.

Russ P.