On 31/10/2025 07:16, Страхиња Радић wrote:
Дана 25/10/29 11:22AM, [email protected] написа:
> * the replacement of all occurances of ^pat on a line by replace-regexp. For
> example, (replace-regexp "^#" "") will delete every occurance of
> "#" in the line "#############################". This is unexpected
> (at least to me) and is not the behaviour of emacs.
The mg(1) manpage states:
> replace-regexp
> Replace regular expression globally without individual
> prompting.
so, it behaves as if the 'g' modifier was used eg. in sed(1).
Hi Страхиња Радић,
I can see that what mg(1) does now is a legitimate interpretation of the regexp
replacement. However, I'd really prefer it to behave as Emacs does, to avoid
surprise.
Best Regards,
Mark
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