Replace all the backticks with tildas by using GUI

Question

To replace

```
code blocks fenced with backticks
```

with

~~~
code blocks fenced with tildas
~~~

I can use :%s/```/\~\~\~/g and this works.

However, when I try to replace them with GUI (Edit > Find and Replace), neither \~\~\~, nor ~~~ in the "Replace with" field works for me.

What is wrong here?

Answer 1

This is a bug. Tilde and ampersand are special for :h sub-replace and "ReplaceAll" handler in src/gui.c:gui_do_findrepl() does incorrect escaping.

I've raised the issue.

Upd. Fixed in 9.0.0396.