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  3. From: ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu (Rent-a-Lemming)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help,gnu.epoch.misc
  5. Subject: Re: strange replace-regexp behavior
  6. Message-ID: <RATINOX.92Dec28123104@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu>
  7. Date: 28 Dec 92 17:32:07 GMT
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  13. In-Reply-To: Lemming Productions Present...'s message of Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17: 28:34 GMT
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  19. >>>>> On Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:28:34 GMT, Lemming Productions Present...
  20. >>>>> <ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu> said:
  21.  
  22. Ratinox> You may want to use querey-replace-regexp instead. Or do two
  23. Ratinox> replace-regexp commands, the first change "^>" into something
  24. Ratinox> else, like "><", then do a second replace-regexp on the new
  25. Ratinox> string.
  26.  
  27. I just realized a simpler way to do this. Define a keyboard macro that does
  28. a "(re-search-forward "^>") C-d C-n". Then use a big prefix count before
  29. C-x C-e to execute it.
  30.  
  31. --Rat                               PGP Public Key Block available upon request
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  33. Northeastern's Stainless Steel Rat          ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu
  34. Carpe Joltem! (Seize the Caffeine)                                         --Me
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