Re: they never thought I would query-replace an uppercase

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "RMS" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

RMS> Do you think this is clear?
RMS> Matching is independent of case if `case-fold-search' is non-nil and
RMS> REGEXP has no uppercase letters.  Replacement transfers the case
RMS> pattern of the old text to the new text, if `case-replace' and
RMS> `case-fold-search' are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters.
RMS> \(Transferring the case pattern means that if the old text matched is
RMS> all caps, or capitalized, then its replacement is upcased or
RMS> capitalized.)

Perhaps.  However I pack a Limited Edition brain, so am not sure.
Another approach would be to just describe each affecting variable.
OK, over and out on this subject.
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