Re: [PATCH] isearch: lazy-highlighting of sub-exps of regexps

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Attached is a patch for `isearch-mode'.  With this enhancement, the user
>> can easily see examples of what the groups in their regular expressions
>> capture as they type them.  Using this feedback should make it easier for
>> the user to accurately build a replacement string when they invoke
>> query-replace-regexp' directly from `isearch-mode'.

Of course, to make it yet a bit easier, we should provide an "ireplace"
mode (where the replacement is shown incrementally as the user types
the replacement spec).

> Thanks, but we already have a request in the bug database with a set
> of different patches to implement it: http://debbugs.gnu.org/6227
> There is no decision yet what is the best of them.

Could someone take a close look and install such a feature?


        Stefan