GNU bug report logs - #734
23.0.60; Interactively use a list argument to replace-string + missing documentation

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Subject: 23.0.60; Interactively use a list argument to replace-string + missing documentation
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One of the reason we don't document the fact that the second argument to
replace-string can be a list of strings is that currently this can only
be used programmatically.  As noted in its docstring, replace-string is
seldom the right thing to use in a Lisp program.

As for providing a way to use this feature interactively, that might be
feasible in the future.

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From: Nikos Apostolakis <nikos.ap <at> gmail.com>
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Subject: 23.0.60; Interactively use a list argument to replace-string + missing documentation
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I learned from a post in gnu.emacs.help that the second argument to
replace-string can be a list of strings.  In this case the elements of
the list are used in cyclic order.  It appears that this feature can't 
be used when the function is used interactively.  I think this can be 
a very useful feature and should probably be accessible interactively. 

Also this behavior is not documented in the doc string or the info page 
of replace-string -- although it is documented in the info page for
perform-replace function.

Thanks,
Nikos