Re: Then how to replace all my $$ ... $$ to \[ \] through search and replace?

[Reiner Steib]

On Sat, Aug 16 2008, Nikos Apostolakis wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> (replace-string "$$" '("\\\[" "\\\]"))
>
> This is great!

David Kastrup once mention this (or a similar example with
`replace-regexp') on some newsgroup or mailing list.  I don't remember
if it is possible to use this with M-x replace-... or
query-replace... as well.

> Is this an undocumented feature of replace-string?  I can't find it in
> the help string or the info manual.

I can't find it in the docs neither.  Please suggest to document it
(via M-x report-emacs-bug RET).

Bye, Reiner.
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