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bug#24305: 25.1; dired can't replace '\n' in file content (dired-do-find
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Tino Calancha |
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bug#24305: 25.1; dired can't replace '\n' in file content (dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace) |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:35:52 +0900 (JST) |
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Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) |
Thank you for the report.
As reported in NEWS file, since Emas 25.1 the key 'Q' is bound
to a new command 'dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace'. The key 'A'
is also bound to a new command: dired-do-find-regexp.
The old commands use Emacs regexp engine, while the new commands
use grep: this may cause that regexps which previously
matched results, with the new commands don't match anymore.
That seems the case in your example: the old command matches '\n', but
the new one cannot:
;; old command
(let ((file "/tmp/bug24305/file"))
(with-temp-file file
(insert "\n"))
(dired-other-window (file-name-directory file))
(dired-goto-file file)
(when (null (dired-do-search "\n"))
(message "Found new line!")))
;; new command
(let ((file "/tmp/bug24305/file"))
(with-temp-file file
(insert "\n"))
(dired-other-window (file-name-directory file))
(dired-goto-file file)
(save-excursion (dired-mark 1))
(dired-do-find-regexp "\n"))
In your example, 'dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace' internally builds
the following `find' command (using `xref--rgrep-command'):
find /tmp/bug24305 -type f \( -iname file \) -exec grep --color -i -nH -e
'\n' {} +
As you have noticed, this command fails.
Following commands would work:
find /tmp/bug24305 -type f \( -iname file \) -exec grep --color -i -nH -e
'^$' {} +
find /tmp/bug24305 -type f \( -iname file \) -exec grep --color -i -nH
-e '
' {} +
Maybe `xref--rgrep-command' might be updated to account for this?
In the meantime, as a temporary solution, you might wish to restore the
previous bindings. For instance, adding following in your .emacs file:
(require 'dired-aux)
(define-key dired-mode-map "A" 'dired-do-search)
(define-key dired-mode-map "Q" 'dired-do-query-replace-regexp)
Tino