Very buggy wildcards in "Replace"

#1

Wildcards fail in very basic operations.

Nonworking examples:

  1. In text mode, (a) -> [a]
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    Result:
  2. In math mode, (a,b)->[a,b]
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    Result:

Working examples

  1. In math mode, (a) -> [a]
  2. In math mode \sqrt{a} -> \sqrt{b}
  3. In math mode \frac{a}{b} -> \frac{c}{d}
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#2

I do not recall realizing then that these operations do not work when we had talked about replacement in the thread Search and replace in the source tree?. Maybe it is best to submit a bug report at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texmacs

#3

Submitted bug report.

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