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START and END parameters to perform-replace.
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Gerd Moellmann 2001-08-23 14:25:42 +00:00
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@ -1050,10 +1050,14 @@ A positive number means to include that many lines both before and after.
@section Search and Replace
@cindex replacement
@defun perform-replace from-string replacements query-flag regexp-flag delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map
This function is the guts of @code{query-replace} and related commands.
It searches for occurrences of @var{from-string} and replaces some or
all of them. If @var{query-flag} is @code{nil}, it replaces all
@defun perform-replace from-string replacements start end query-flag regexp-flag delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map
This function is the guts of @code{query-replace} and related
commands. It searches for occurrences of @var{from-string} in the
text between positions @var{start} and @var{end} and replaces some or
all of them. If @var{start} is @code{nil}, point is used instead, and
the buffer's end is used for @var{end}.
If @var{query-flag} is @code{nil}, it replaces all
occurrences; otherwise, it asks the user what to do about each one.
If @var{regexp-flag} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{from-string} is