bug#49331: closed (query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #49331,
regarding query-replace: commands too easy to enter the document
to be marked as done.

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> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 23:23:06 +0800
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> A little problem with query-replace is after the last match, the
>    "Type Space or ‘y’ to replace one match, Delete or ‘n’ to skip to next,"
> start polluting the document. E.g., the Deletes start eating characters.
> If one isn't careful one might have gobbled a character or two off the en
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> I'm just saying if the user "falls asleep at the wheel", he will end up
> with a file full of yyyyyyyy, nnnnnnnnnnn, or even no file at all (DEL
> DEL DEL)... perhaps only awakened by a bell each time he tries to delete
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> But of course that could also happen if he was not doing a query-replace
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> So, OK, he will have to write his own Geritol-mode. So I'm closing this bug.
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