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Re: query-replace-regexp
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: query-replace-regexp |
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02 Oct 2001 09:33:58 -0400 |
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>>>>> "David" == David desJardins <david@desjardins.org> writes:
> I don't find that claim very convincing. Why wouldn't it be possible
> for the two-character sequence \ n to have a special meaning to
> query-replace-regexp, just as \ ) and \ 1 do?
No technical reason. But that would mean creating a new quoting style,
i.e. adding a third style. Maybe we could get rid of one of the other
two, to make it less painful, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Stefan