Re: Useful query-replace zle widget

[Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>]

Felix Rosencrantz <f_rosencrantz@yahoo.com> writes:

> Seems like it might be useful.
> 
> Some problems I had.
> 1) Didn't handle backspace (vs. del) well, and other non-self-insert
> keys

Nope, from within query-replace, the only recognized keys are:

 - backspace: erase one character
 - enter: terminate string
 - CTRL-C: abort

Improvements for read-within-zle are welcome.

> 2) If I was at the eol, it did nothing.

That's a feature: substitutions only happen after the current
position... Like in emacs.

> Also, a feature request for zle that will be rejected by workers...
> 3) Some sort of highlighting capability in zle, to see the selection.

Can't do anything about this, unless someone extends zle.

Phil.
 
> -FR
> --- Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been using these for a while and it's time for me to share
> > them... It involves `creative' use of zle... It's zsh's answer to
> > emacs's query-replace.
> > 
> > How to use:
> >  1. You need the read-within-zle function.
> >  2. Drop read-within-zle and query-replace along your fpath
> >  3. Add the following to your .zshrc:
> >         autoload -zU query-replace read-within-zle
> >         zle -N query-replace
> >         bindkey "^[%" query-replace
> >         bindkey "\M-%" query-replace # only if using bindkey -m
> >  4. Use M-x query-replace or M-% to start query-replace'ing.
> > 
> > Enclose these in the zsh distribution if you find them useful. Both
> > functions are GPL'ed but I'm willing to change the license if needed
> > for inclusion into zsh.
> > 
> > Phil.
> > 
> 
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-sh 
> 
> 
> > ATTACHMENT part 3 application/x-sh 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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