Query replace a copied string by another copied one

Question

Use case: I want to:

copy a (long, not handy to manually type) newstring,
replace all occurrences of another (long, not handy to manually type) string by newstring.

Current process (not handy):

Copy (mark + M-w) string in the (main) buffer.
Start the query replace process, using copied string (M-% C-y <RET>).
Select another window (C-x o) to switch from the minibuffer to the main one.
In the (main) buffer, (optional: search (C-s) for newstring and) copy (mark + M-w) newstring.
Select another window (C-x o) to switch from the main buffer to the minibuffer.
Paste (C-y) newstring and continue the query replace process (<RET>).

Possible start of track: This answer provides the a nice way (C-s C-w) to search for the word after the current mark.

Question: I wonder if:

the previous track could be extended to replace for the word after the current mark,
or if there is another, better, track for my use case.

muffinmad · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-30 16:33:32Z

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Avoiding window switching:

Or if you can get used to copy newstring before string:

And another option is to write function which will call query-replace with most recent kill ring entries and bind it to some key. Then just:

answered Oct 30, 2018 at 16:33

muffinmad

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