replace with Unicode code point

I'm trying to use regex's that include Unicode code points in both the 
search and the replace parts.  It works fine for search, but not for 
replace.

Specifically, I can enter the sequence
    \x{016B}\x{0304}
in the "Search for" box in the "Search and Replace" dialog box, or 
equivalently
    \u016B\u0304
and it finds the characters (ū̄) correctly.  (FWIW, this is a 
pre-composed u+macron followed by a combining macron, which is of course 
redundant...which is why I'm trying to replace it.)

If I then enter the string
    \x{016B}
or equivalently
    \u016B
in the "Replace with" box in that same "Search and Replace" dialog box, 
I would expect the search string in the buffer to be replaced by
    ū
But instead it gets replaced by
    u016B
I would consider this a bug.  If Unicode code points work in the Search 
box, they should also work in the Replace box.

Before I submit a bug report, though, I want to find out whether I'm 
doing s.t. wrong.  I do of course have the "Regular expressions" box 
checked in the dialog box (else the search wouldn't work).  Does anyone 
have any suggestions?  Or a reason why this is a feature rather than a 
bug.

BTW, there is a work-around in this case.  Since the output is contained 
in the input, I can use a group in the input
    (\u016B)\u0304
and refer to the group in the output:
    $1
There are of course situations where that won't work.  Alternatively, I 
could copy-paste the actual desired output chars from the Character Map 
plugin into a temp buffer, and copy them from there into the Replace 
box.  But I'd rather not :-).

    Mike Maxwell


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