[ale] HOW2->automate search/replace text in ALL *.c files in Tree?

Michelangelo Grigni mic at mathcs.emory.edu
Mon Nov 27 00:06:29 EST 2000


CT writes:
> I know how to do a find/replace in a single file using Xemacs but not
> how to do a find/replace on all files in a Tree ? Any help here ?

If your files are in a TAGS table (particularly useful for
programming projects), try "M-x tags-query-replace".  I'm
not aware of a standard xemacs command to operate on all
files in a directory tree.  However, you could get a long
way by repeating a macro starting from a dired buffer.
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