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Re: 2 Emacs Questions



On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:

> How do I search and replace 'hard-returns' or 'line-breaks'?  I searched
> dejanews and the only thing I could find was to use C-q 'Enter' 'Enter'
> with Alt-Shift %, but when I try this I get 'No search patterns found'.
> 
> Thanks Lance

Lance

You use search and replace, Meta %, and use Control Q Control j for your
search string to find a hard return. Control Q escapes the line ending
effect of Control j.

--David  dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu
Debian GNU/Linux Because software should not be *expected* to crash.



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