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From: chris@spock (Chris Ott)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: search and replace
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Date: 23 Jan 89 19:01:27 GMT
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> I would like to use the search and replace feature to replace each
> occurence of a certain string by a "carriage return".  Can anyone tell
> me how to do this?

     Use the regular search-and-replace command (ESC-%). When you need to
enter the <return>, precede it with Ctrl-Q (i.e. Ctrl-Q,<ret>).

> Alan Weinstein
> alanw@cartan.berkeley.edu

Chris

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 Chris Ott
 Computational Fluid Mechanics Lab        Infatuation is blind, not love. A
 University of Arizona                      person in love can see the other's
                                            faults, but loves them anyway.
 Internet: chris@spock.ame.arizona.edu
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