[PLUG] Emacs Replace At End of Line

Fred James fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net
Wed Mar 12 17:21:28 UTC 2008


Rich Shepard wrote:

>   I'm trying to replace a '\n' with '),\n', but haven't figured out the
>proper syntax. The search is specified with \$, but if I specify the
>replacement as ),\$ the editor wants to keep adding '),' to the end of the
>same line.
>
>   My ORA emacs book has no explicit examples (pages 57-65), and replacing at
>the begging and ending of lines is a frequent occurrence with me that always
>leads to spending a lot of time and failing to get it right.
>
>   Cluesticks greatly appreciated.
>
>Rich
>
>  
>
Rich Shepard
In sed things like ) and $ must be escaped because they have special 
meaning.  Example \) and \$
Does emac do something similar?  Hope this helps
Regard
Fred James




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