Re: [emacs-humanities] How can I `upcase-word` for ALL words in the buffer without typing the word twice?

[David Hedlund]

On 2023-04-04 22:30, Karl Fogel wrote:
> On 04 Apr 2023, David Hedlund wrote:
> > I'm constantly running into this situation because when I'm copying
> > code, pylint is giving me the message: Constant name "parser" doesn't
> > conform to UPPER_CASE naming style (python-pylint)
> >
> > In the sample code section below, I'm trying to replace "parser", and
> > "args", with "PARSER", and "ARGS", respectively.
> >
> > Normally I'd use.
> >
> > M-x RET replace-string RET parser RET PARSER
> >
> > M-x RET replace-string RET args RET ARGS
> >
> > However, I don't like the idea of typing the word twice (lowercase,
> > then uppercase), because
> >
> > * it's time-consuming
> >
> > * here's a risk that I make a typo.
>
> When prompted for the second word, you can use M-p to insert the word 
> you just typed, and then use M-u to upcase it before hitting RET for 
> the final time.
>
> In general, input history (with M-p, M-n, M-r, and M-s) is active and 
> available in many situations in the minibuffer -- it's always worth 
> trying it to see if it's there.  The node "Minibuffer History" in the 
> Emacs manual has more details.
>
> Best regards,
> -Karl

This worked fine too! Thanks, I'll try to remember that this is 
mentioned in https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/refcard.pdf