(query-replace-regexp "^^" "" nil) doesn't work

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From: danj1
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 1990 19:43

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(query-replace-regexp "^^" "" nil) doesn't work:
Trying to replace carets at the beginning of lines, e.g.:
^flarf
the cursor goes thru the motions, but the caret isnt removed.  I had
to use (query-replace-regexp "^\\^" "" nil) instead.

"GNU Emacs 18.55.12 of Sat Feb  3 1990 on ihlpa (usg-unix-v)"

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM  Naperville IL USA  +1 708-979-6364

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