Emacs: xah-replace-pairs.el 📦

what is xah-replace-pairs.el

xah-replace-pairs.el is a emacs lisp package for doing multi-pair find replace. (the package was named “xfrp_find_replace_pairs.el”)

Here's a sample use:

(require 'xah-replace-pairs)

(xah-replace-pairs-in-string
 "abcdef"
 [["a" "1"]
  ["b" "2"]
  ["c" "3"]])
;; returns "123def"

Download

• xah-replace-pairs.el

Exported Functions

The package has these functions:

• xah-replace-pairs-region
• xah-replace-pairs-in-string
• xah-replace-regexp-pairs-region
• xah-replace-regexp-pairs-in-string
• xah-replace-pairs-region-recursive
• xah-replace-pairs-in-string-recursive

For each function, there's a plain text version and a regex version. They are separate functions so it's simpler for user.

Each function also has a string and region version. The string version works on a given string, the region version works on a region in buffer.

Usage Examples

• Emacs Lisp Find Replace String-Pairs Commands

Find Replace Feedback Loop Problem

xah-replace-pairs-in-string and xah-replace-pairs-region do not have Find Replace Feedback Loop Problem.

• Find Replace Multi-Pairs Feedback Loop Problem

It guarantees that a replacement is done IF AND ONLY IF the original input string contains a substring in one of your find string.