[LUNI] (x)emacs question

fred at ontosys.com fred at ontosys.com
Mon Mar 18 12:52:00 CST 2002


On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 08:32:28AM -0800, spboulet at speakeasy.net wrote:
> Anyone know how to do this in (x)emacs: replace all occurrences of tab space with just a tab? Thanks.

Any of the standard replace or query-replace functions should work.

Perhaps the trick you're missing is to use C-q (control Q) to quote
the tab character in the pattern and replacement strings.

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