Re: Doing search and replace via *grep* buffer

[Chris Moore]

On 2/15/07, Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> wrote:

> Then hit / and type the replacement text:
>   / newtext RET
>
> Now, still in the *grep* buffer, move to the next instance you want
> to modify, and just hit . to repeat the replacement, for example:
>   n n . n . n . n n n .
>
> (I suppose VI users will find this very familiar).

vi users are used to / being used to search, not to replace.  and 'N'
is the key for 'previous match', not 'p'.  The interface you offer
here is similar enough to how things work in vi to confuse people.
Also, while using 'n' and 'p' to go up and down, there's no finger
available to press '.'; some other choice of key would be better.

How about 'r' to prompt for replacement text and do a replacement, and
'g' to do it a(g)ain on a different line?  The left hand easily
reaches 'r' and 'g' while the right hand is touching 'n' and 'p'.