Re: (replace-regexp "^..." "" nil) fiasco

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1991 18:14

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Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.att.com writes:
 > [18.57] Hmmm, let's strip the crud off the front of these lines:
 > [...]
 > I know, we'll use M-x replace-regexp "^..." "":
 > [...]

Gutsy.  I use query-replace-regexp and hit ! when I'm sure the
replacement does what I think it does.

My personal nemesis used to be hitting ESC q and invoking
fill-paragraph on a (usually long) C subroutine.  "Changes to
great to be undone." :-(

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