[TxMt] emacs query-replace equiv?

Rick DeNatale rick.denatale at gmail.com
Fri Mar 21 14:09:03 UTC 2008


On 3/21/08, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/21/08, Sean Allen <sean at ardishealth.com> wrote:
>  > Does textmate have an equivalent to emacs query replace that takes
>  >
>  >  term to search for, what to replace it with and then steps through
>  >  each match and asks if you want to replace or not
>  >  ( moving view obviously to that area so you can view the code around
>  >  it )
>
>
> Sure, the Find dialog box (which is actually also the Find/Replace
>  dialog) has buttons to:
>
>  Find the next (or previous) occurrence of the search test/regex
>  Replace what it found
>  or Replace what it found and find the next occurrence.

I stopped too soon.

You can also do this with keystrokes.

Cmd-E makes the selection the search text
Cmd-Shift-E makes the selection the replacement text
Cmd-G searches forward, Cmd-Shift-G searches backward
Alt-Cmd-F replaces and finds next.

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