From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6390: Should not regexp-quote quote newline? Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:22:52 -0700 Message-ID: <2312722CD01C4D5BAA9DF0A3DA9377DC@us.oracle.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276183706 20576 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2010 15:28:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:28:26 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Lennart Borgman'" , <6390@debbugs.gnu.org> Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 10 17:28:25 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjg8-00015i-Fx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:28:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60833 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMjg7-00088D-QO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47442 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMjg0-000874-CQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:28:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjfy-0003mu-UX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:28:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58272) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjfy-0003mn-Rq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:28:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjbu-00048t-DC; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6390 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6390-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6390.127618338715913 (code B ref 6390); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6390) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jun 2010 15:23:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjb1-00048c-Bg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMjaz-00048F-KX for 6390@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o5AFMvcf015014 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:22:59 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o5AFMt6I009834; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:22:56 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt012.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 314147481276183373; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:22:53 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:22:52 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 Thread-Index: AcsIrWGZs7eswZf4SmqL/+hmJk2yZgAAjLFw X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-Source-IP: rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4C110353.016F:SCFMA4539811,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:24:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37653 Archived-At: > (setq x (regexp-quote "a > b")) > (message "length x=%d" (length x)) > > The length of x will be 3 because the string returned > by regexp-quote includes a newline. > Would it not be more practical if the result was "a\nb"? I, for one, do not understand you. (setq y "a b") (setq x (regexp-quote y)) (setq z "a\nb") (equal x y) = (equal x z) = t (length x) = (length z) = 3 What are you trying to say? And what does it mean to "quote newline"? Please try to explain clearly what the problem is that you see, or what you are trying to do that does not succeed as you expect.