Re: replace regex takes long

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.04.2006 um 23:29 schrieb Gary Wessle:

> M-x query-replace-regex <RET> +<RET><ONE SPACE>
> the file size is 4162111 with 77000 lines on PentiumIII 500, it has
> been 10 minutes so I opened another emacs processor to write and  
> post this.
> is there a problem with my command and why it is taking that long?

Yes, because the command needs your co-operation. And if you don't  
press "yes" no change will be made.

> and for how much longer?

That's really hard to tell! You might fail to finish because of death  
or your fingers failing to type or you might fall asleep. Your  
keyboard might break. Power might fail.

I think replace-regexp can be much faster.

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  Pete

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