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How do I insert a tab or a newline in a regexp interactively ?

April 26, 2017insert interactively newline regexp Tab

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How do I insert a tab or a newline in a regexp interactively ?

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You can’t use \n or \t when entering a regexp interactively (when using C-M% – query-replace-regexp for instance). Simply type or C-i to enter a tab (instead of \t) or C-q C-j to enter a newline (C-q quote C-j newline, instead of \n) Note that C-o in regexp replacement string inserts a newline without moving the cursor. So C-o C-f has the same effect as C-q C-j. This trick does not work with incremental search commands.