From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31953: feature request - `highlight-rx` interactively Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:02:44 +0200 Message-ID: <8736g11ssb.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="177547"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 31953@debbugs.gnu.org To: Van L Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 10 00:03:21 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 1iIK3D-000k08-V7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:03:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60398 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK3C-0003HA-8E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:03:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55751) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK32-0003H2-W2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2x-00048B-3U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2w-000480-B0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2w-0003aA-68 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:03:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31953 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 31953-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31953.157065857013746 (code B ref 31953); Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31953) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Oct 2019 22:02:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54332 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2j-0003Zd-Lx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:02:49 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:45272) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2i-0003ZW-LD for 31953@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:02:49 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iIK2f-0005Ab-0H; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:02:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Van L.'s message of "Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:47:31 +1000") 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:168809 Archived-At: Van L writes: > Towards the transition to rx from regexp > may I suggest `highlight-rx` for `highlight-regexp`. > > A usecase is to mark a region or string of few words > and to call `highlight-rx` which does a verbatim highlight. Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you're requesting here. highlight-regexp is an alias for hi-lock-face-buffer which just does some highlighting, as far as I can see. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no