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bug#3619: Replace Rectangle can't do empty after first replace anymore
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#3619: Replace Rectangle can't do empty after first replace anymore |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:09:52 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
>> Actually, C-x r d is the equivalent (since C-x r k additionally stores
>> the killed text on the kill ring). And yes, this was a known tradeoff
>> when introducing the new behavior in Emacs-22.
> I looked briefly at this, and found it surprising that `read-string'
> offers no way to reject the default value in favour of an empty
> string. `read-from-minibuffer', on the other hand, does.
I don't know what you're referring to: in which way does
read-from-minibuffer let you distinguish between "the user wanted the
empty string" and "the user wanted the default value"?
Stefan