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evikstoday at 9:24 AM1 replyview on HN

How can it show proposed changes if search doesn't match anymore after edits?

You search for OLD, replace it with NWE, then notice the typo, delete 2 chars and type EW. How can search and replace help you here without searching for NWE anew?

Yeah, do try it out to at least see the difference


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dizhntoday at 9:38 AM

I am not saying it's better or you shouldn't use multiple cursors. It does help a lot as opposed to the old way of not seeing what would have been changed.

How does multiple cursors work anyway? How do you place them? By search? Is it used for anything other than working on matching text?

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