[Bug: 21.4.15] replace-regexp

[Vin Shelton]

Hi Chris,

On 3/16/06, Chris Rowse <chris at forth.co.za> wrote:
> To: XEmacs Beta <xemacs-beta at xemacs.org>
> Subject: [Bug: 21.4.15] replace-regexp
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> Dear Bug Team!
>
> I'm having a problem with replace-regexp
>     I need to pick up the matched regular expression and insert it in
> the
> output  \1 is not working for me.
>
>     Maybe I am doing something wrong?
> I cant google anything on the subject, I'v tried combinations of \&1
> etc to no avail.
>
>
>   replace-regexp
>       <xsl:template match=[\"a-zA-Z0-9]+><RET>
>       <xsl:template match=\1 mode="body"><RET>
>
>
>   input buffer
>     <xsl:template match="helloworld">
>
>   output expected
>     <xsl:template match="helloworld" mode="body">
>
>   output received
>     <xsl:template match= mode="body">
>

It wasn't completely clear to me what you had done.  Do you know that
the part to be repeated must be enclosed in between \( and \)  ?

E.g.

C-x b *scratch*
M-x replace-regexp
\(for\)
xxx\1yyy

This will replace all occurances of "for" with xxxforyyy.

Hope this helps.  Please follow up if it doesn't.

  Vin

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