From 542166d749ac151d401ea8eec56dbb5bafbddf45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Skoglund Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:10:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add newline and tab matching documentation to query-replace-regexp * lisp/replace.el: Add \n and \t matching information to query-replace-regexp docstring. --- lisp/replace.el | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index b5dea61924..970473f509 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ query-replace-regexp of the region. Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer's accessible portion. +Matching a newline with `\n' will not work, use `C-q C-j' instead. +Similarly to match a tab character (`\t') just press `TAB'. + Use \\\\[next-history-element] \ to pull the last incremental search regexp to the minibuffer that reads REGEXP, or invoke replacements from -- 2.30.2