Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:20:49 -0700 From: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> To: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: replacing ^M with emacs Message-ID: <45429451.3040706@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <4542607E.8020101@mac.com> References: <45425D61.6030209@enabled.com> <4542607E.8020101@mac.com>
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this is the best answer. Hits it right on the head of what I want. What if I want the character to replace the ^M with a new line what do I enter in the replace field? cheers, Noah Peter A. Giessel wrote: > On 2006/10/27 11:26, Noah seems to have typed: > >> How might I get emacs to search replace >> > > Put a mark right before the character (control-space) move to right > after the character and cut the character (control-w). Move to the top > of the document (esc-<) and start a "query replace" (esc-%). Yank in > the character that you previously cut (control-y). Hit return (or enter) > type in the character that you want to replace the ^M with, hit return > (or enter) again. Enter "y" or "n" for each case... >
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