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diff --git a/doc/kate/part.docbook b/doc/kate/part.docbook index ad74be9c7..6d7524797 100644 --- a/doc/kate/part.docbook +++ b/doc/kate/part.docbook @@ -353,8 +353,10 @@ additional options:</para> <varlistentry id="replace-use-placeholders"> <term><guilabel>Use placeholders</guilabel></term> <listitem> -<para>If enabled, any occurrence of <keycap>\N</keycap> where -<keycap>N</keycap> is an integer number, will be replaced +<para>When regular expressions are enabled, you can select part of the searched text by enclosing it +within parenthesis. Placeholders allow you to insert such text in the replacement string, similar to +how backreferences are used in sed. When enabled, any occurrence of <keycap>\N</keycap> (where +<keycap>N</keycap> is an integer number, e.g. \1, \2, ...) will be replaced with the corresponding string capture (parenthesized substring) from the search pattern. A button for listing all available string captures will also be enabled. You can click on any of the available string captures |