How to do this Vim Trick in Emacs?
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timmymayes · 2022-06-20 00:38

Saw this neat vim trick and was curious how I could pull this off in
emacs.

[https://youtu.be/futay9NjOac?t=431](https://youtu.be/futay9NjOac?t=43
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mattias_jcb · 2022-06-20 00:58

That's neat!

I tend to make a keyboard macro or maybe `M-s o` with some post
processing. Definitely not as quickly as he did it though.

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7890yuiop · 2022-06-20 02:18

I would use `mark-defun` and `occur` to obtain the initial text
matching the regexp, copy the text from the occur buffer, yank it, and
then maybe `exchange-point-and-mark` to reactivate the mark/region,
and search/replace (in region).  It's not as streamlined as that
video, but it's still pretty simple.

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cretan_bull · 2022-06-20 03:15

You can do something similar with [multiple
cursors](https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el).

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_viz_ · 2022-06-20 05:57

I think giving a prefix arg to occur and using a more exact regexp
should alleviate some of the pain later on.

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trimorphic · 2022-06-30 22:31

Using evil in emacs you'd just do exactly what he did in vim, using
the same exact commands.

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timmymayes · 2022-06-30 22:32

Looking for non vi mode. I prefer mod keys to modal editing
personally.

Thanks for the tip though!