Menu
I am trying to replace a character - say ; - with a new line using replace-string and/or replace-regexp in Emacs.
I have tried the following commands:
M-x replace-string RET ; RET \n
This will replace ; with two characters: \n.
M-x replace-regex RET ; RET \n
This results in the following error (shown in the minibuffer):
Invalid use of `' in replacement text.
What's wrong with using replace-string for this task? Is there another way to do it?
548
Insert the line to ". emacs" file. <C + S + Return> that means <Ctrl + Shift + Enter> for new line above. Both will indent also.
Simple Search and Replace Operations When you want to replace every instance of a given string, you can use a simple command that tells Emacs to do just that. Type ESC x replace-string RETURN, then type the search string and press RETURN. Now type the replacement string and press RETURN again.
Use \r instead of \n . Substituting by \n inserts a null character into the text. To get a newline, use \r . When searching for a newline, you'd still use \n , however.
M-x replace-string RET ; RET C-q C-j.
C-q for quoted-insert,
C-j is a newline.
157
There are four ways I've found to put a newline into the minibuffer.
C-o
C-q C-j
C-q 12 (12 is the octal value of newline)
C-x o to the main window, kill a newline with C-k, then C-x o back to the minibuffer, yank it with C-y
31
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
