Break lines in Query replace. Help.

Break lines in Query replace. Help.

[Ypo]

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I want to make a "query replace", where

" - " should be substituted by

"breakline - "


How do I insert in a query replace a breakline?

"\\ - " seems to work only for LaTeX export.

"^J - " writes down ^J literally, and doesn't work as a break line.


Best regards


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Re: Break lines in Query replace. Help.

[tomas]

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On Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 01:19:28PM +0200, Ypo wrote:
> I want to make a "query replace", where
> 
> " - " should be substituted by
> 
> "breakline - "
> 
> 
> How do I insert in a query replace a breakline?
> 
> "\\ - " seems to work only for LaTeX export.
> 
> "^J - " writes down ^J literally, and doesn't work as a break line.

It's C-Q C-J (aka ^Q^J). The CTRL-Q "quotes" the next char (handy also
for other control characters -- see also 7.1 "Inserting Text" in the
fine manual).

Cheers
-- 
t
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 

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Solved: Break lines in Query replace. Help.

[Ypo]

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Working!

Thanks, Tomas ^^

By the way, I can't see ~^J~ in my document. Is there a way to see it? 
Using ~whitespace-mode~ doesn't work for that.

Best regards

El 08/10/2022 a las 15:03, tomas@tuxteam.de escribió:
> On Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 01:19:28PM +0200, Ypo wrote:
>> I want to make a "query replace", where
>>
>> " - " should be substituted by
>>
>> "breakline -"
>>
>>
>> How do I insert in a query replace a breakline?
>>
>> "\\ - " seems to work only for LaTeX export.
>>
>> "^J - " writes down ^J literally, and doesn't work as a break line.
> It's C-Q C-J (aka ^Q^J). The CTRL-Q "quotes" the next char (handy also
> for other control characters -- see also 7.1 "Inserting Text" in the
> fine manual).
>
> Cheers

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Re: Break lines in Query replace. Help.

[Max Nikulin]

On 08/10/2022 18:19, Ypo wrote:
> I want to make a "query replace", where
> 
> " - " should be substituted by
> 
> "breakline - "
> 
> 
> How do I insert in a query replace a breakline?
> 
> "\\ - " seems to work only for LaTeX export.

Why do you think so? It is an element of Org syntax, namely 'line-break. 
It should be handled properly by e.g. HTML export.

> "^J - " writes down ^J literally, and doesn't work as a break line.

Are you asking how to split lines before certain pattern in Org source 
file (general Emacs question unrelated to Org) or how to achieve hard 
line break in exported file? In the latter case what is the target format?