Variable: query-replace-map

query-replace-map is a variable defined in replace.el.gz.

Value

!            automatic
,            act-and-show
.            act-and-exit
<backspace>  skip
<delete>     skip
<escape>     exit-prefix
<f1>         help
<help>       help
<next>       scroll-up
<prior>      scroll-down
<return>     exit
?            help
C-M-S-v      scroll-other-window-down
C-M-v        scroll-other-window
C-]          quit
C-g          quit
C-h          help
C-l          recenter
C-r          edit
C-v          scroll-up
C-w          delete-and-edit
DEL          skip
E            edit-replacement-exact-case
M-<next>     scroll-other-window
M-<prior>    scroll-other-window-down
M-v          scroll-down
N            skip
RET          exit
SPC          act
U            undo-all
Y            act
^            backup
e            edit-replacement
n            skip
q            exit
u            undo
y            act

Documentation

Keymap of responses to questions posed by commands like query-replace.

The "bindings" in this map are not commands; they are answers. The valid answers include act, skip, act-and-show, act-and-exit, exit, exit-prefix, recenter, scroll-up, scroll-down, scroll-other-window, scroll-other-window-down, edit, edit-replacement, edit-replacement-exact-case, delete-and-edit, automatic, backup, undo, undo-all, quit, and help.

This keymap is used by y-or-n-p as well as query-replace.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 26.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/replace.el.gz
(defvar query-replace-map
  (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
    (define-key map " " 'act)
    (define-key map "\d" 'skip)
    (define-key map [delete] 'skip)
    (define-key map [backspace] 'skip)
    (define-key map "y" 'act)
    (define-key map "n" 'skip)
    (define-key map "Y" 'act)
    (define-key map "N" 'skip)
    (define-key map "e" 'edit-replacement)
    (define-key map "E" 'edit-replacement-exact-case)
    (define-key map "," 'act-and-show)
    (define-key map "q" 'exit)
    (define-key map "\r" 'exit)
    (define-key map [return] 'exit)
    (define-key map "." 'act-and-exit)
    (define-key map "\C-r" 'edit)
    (define-key map "\C-w" 'delete-and-edit)
    (define-key map "\C-l" 'recenter)
    (define-key map "!" 'automatic)
    (define-key map "^" 'backup)
    (define-key map "u" 'undo)
    (define-key map "U" 'undo-all)
    (define-key map "\C-h" 'help)
    (define-key map [f1] 'help)
    (define-key map [help] 'help)
    (define-key map "?" 'help)
    (define-key map "\C-g" 'quit)
    (define-key map "\C-]" 'quit)
    (define-key map "\C-v" 'scroll-up)
    (define-key map "\M-v" 'scroll-down)
    (define-key map [next] 'scroll-up)
    (define-key map [prior] 'scroll-down)
    (define-key map [?\C-\M-v] 'scroll-other-window)
    (define-key map [M-next] 'scroll-other-window)
    (define-key map [?\C-\M-\S-v] 'scroll-other-window-down)
    (define-key map [M-prior] 'scroll-other-window-down)
    ;; Binding ESC would prohibit the M-v binding.  Instead, callers
    ;; should check for ESC specially.
    ;; (define-key map "\e" 'exit-prefix)
    (define-key map [escape] 'exit-prefix)
    map)
  "Keymap of responses to questions posed by commands like `query-replace'.
The \"bindings\" in this map are not commands; they are answers.
The valid answers include `act', `skip', `act-and-show',
`act-and-exit', `exit', `exit-prefix', `recenter', `scroll-up',
`scroll-down', `scroll-other-window', `scroll-other-window-down',
`edit', `edit-replacement', `edit-replacement-exact-case',
`delete-and-edit', `automatic', `backup', `undo', `undo-all',
`quit', and `help'.

This keymap is used by `y-or-n-p' as well as `query-replace'.")