Linux Emacs editor, emacs commands examples

·        emacs

·        Given a buffer full of English text, answer the following questions:

a.     How would you change every instance of his to hers?

press M-x . Then enter:

hers  RET his RET hers

M-x replace-string

            his 

            hers

b.     How would you make this change only in the final paragraph?

      Through “M-h” select paragraph then “M-x replace-string his  hers”

c.      Is there a way to look at every usage in context before changing it?

      ESC %

d.     d. How would you deal with the possibility that His might begin a sentence?

     Esc <