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Ashish Negi
Ashish Negi

Reputation: 5301

replace the string all over buffer emacs

I use M-x replace-string or M-% to replace strings in emacs buffer.

The problem with them is that they only replace strings in forward from the current position of the buffer. How can i force it all over the buffer ?

I do not want to do M-< to reach the start and then do it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 343

Answers (1)

Ehvince
Ehvince

Reputation: 18385

Looks like this is not possible interactively. So let's put up some Elisp together.

(defun my-replace-allbuffer (str-orig str-replace)
     (interactive "sString ? \nsReplace with ? ")
     (replace-string str-orig str-replace nil (point-min) (point-max))
     )

and bind the function to your prefered key binding.

The documentation of replace-string (C-h f replace-string RET) tells us it can take the optional arguments start and end of replacement.

More doc:

Upvotes: 2

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