From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Sainty Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52558: Option for easier typing of regexps Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:03:26 +1300 Message-ID: <8228970e3e55e6b9f31a3cc30c6aad75@webmail.orcon.net.nz> References: <87o85cvmek.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39965"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Orcon Webmail Cc: ndame , 52558@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 19 14:04:26 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1myvrW-000ACW-NE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 14:04:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49042 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myvrV-0004Nu-I1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:04:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myvr9-0004KX-1K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:04:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myvr8-0000Ff-MQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:04:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myvr8-0007cF-CI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:04:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Phil Sainty Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52558 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 52558-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52558.163991902129245 (code B ref 52558); Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52558) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Dec 2021 13:03:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45188 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myvqn-0007bd-2b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:03:41 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-1.orcon.net.nz ([60.234.4.34]:51075) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myvql-0007bU-6k for 52558@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:03:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [10.253.37.70] (port=41680 helo=webmail.orcon.net.nz) by smtp-1.orcon.net.nz with esmtpa (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myvqY-0004VE-IS; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:03:26 +1300 Original-Received: from ip-14-137-22-223.kinect.net.nz ([14.137.22.223]) via [10.253.37.253] by webmail.orcon.net.nz with HTTP (HTTP/1.1 POST); Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:03:26 +1300 In-Reply-To: <87o85cvmek.fsf@gnus.org> X-Sender: psainty@orcon.net.nz X-GeoIP: -- X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_bar: -- X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:222669 Archived-At: On 2021-12-20 00:56, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > I think it would be really confusing to have a different regexp > syntax when prompting interactively to when you're writing code I do recall discussions about allowing (via a user option) rx syntax at regexp prompts, however. I think *that* could be nice; but if we were to have an rx option, perhaps additional options could be up for consideration as well. Personally I agree with you that multiple string syntax options has potential to create confusion, but https://github.com/joddie/pcre2el shows there's some demand for such things. Perhaps that library would suffice as a solution for this particular request? -Phil