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Query replace regex with 2 alternatives
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Dan Espen |
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Query replace regex with 2 alternatives |
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Date: |
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:51:44 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
Could use some help on query/replace/regex.
I have an html file full of < and >.
I want to replace only some of the pairs with "[" and "]".
I figured out the match string:
"\\(<\\|>\\)
(typed as)
"\(<\|>\)
but when it comes to the replacement, I'm not clear on how to say,
first match gets [ and second match gets ].
I believe emacs can do it but I don't see it documented.
I see references to \1 \2 but not in the replace string.
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Dan Espen