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Re: using lisp in replacement string


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: using lisp in replacement string
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:52:33 +0200
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On 12/24/2014 04:40 PM, Guido Van Hoecke wrote:

​Not really, if you quote it, it replaces the formulas by the calc-eval
expression :(

If you don't quote it, it's not a string.

Anyway, check out these lines from `replace-regexp' docstring:

"This function is for interactive use only;
in Lisp code use `re-search-forward' and `replace-match' instead."
...
"In interactive calls, the replacement text may contain `\,'"

You're not using it interactively.



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