From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 09:47:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83a7draccd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0C783D67-9502-408B-B845-5599BD596361@acm.org> <838stdbw8e.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="23286"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 36496@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 06 08:55:33 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hjebc-0005sc-Ky for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 08:55:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58032 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUd-0006Wz-8V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48655) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUR-0006Wf-4y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUP-0007Hi-M7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:48:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUN-0007Gp-OD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUN-00011q-Lf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:48:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 06:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36496 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 36496-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36496.15623956743938 (code B ref 36496); Sat, 06 Jul 2019 06:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36496) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2019 06:47:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54141 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUE-00011S-GV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:47:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36232) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeUD-00011E-8J for 36496@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:47:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51032) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeU7-00078e-Sf; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:47:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4504 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hjeTv-0002Ni-DP; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:47:35 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:10:26 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162182 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 36496@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:10:26 -0400 > > In the past, various practical factors have made rx somewhat inconvenient, > and that prevented rx from competing with the regexp syntax. > Recently we have made some improvements in rx; are they enough to > make rx a real competitor for regexps? I cannot answer the question without knowing which practical factors made rx inconvenient in the past. Where can one find this information?