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: [VanL] Re: bug#31953: feature request - `highlight-rx` interactively Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:53:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87a7a2qwb7.fsf@gnus.org> References: <875zkqsx1c.fsf@gnus.org> <87o8yirgk4.fsf@gnus.org> <646a4a85cca29e6ca83e1b5b2004902b@webmail.orcon.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="150802"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: VanL , 31953@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Sainty Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 15 09:54:13 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 1iKHem-000cx1-BD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:54:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36462 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHek-0001Qd-LQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:54:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52211) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHed-0001NP-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:54:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHec-0004lB-N1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33833) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHec-0004ka-Jr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHec-0008AI-GD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:54:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:54:02 +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=B31953.157112600431342 (code B ref 31953); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31953) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Oct 2019 07:53:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42654 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHe0-00089S-AL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:53:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.231.51] (port=51956 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKHdx-00089H-Fw for 31953@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:53:23 -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 1iKHds-0001lj-KW; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:53:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <646a4a85cca29e6ca83e1b5b2004902b@webmail.orcon.net.nz> (Phil Sainty's message of "Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:39:43 +1300") 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:169360 Archived-At: Phil Sainty writes: > I think the idea is to be able to *interactively* enter rx syntax > and have it highlighted (as opposed to `highlight-regexp' which will > obviously treat what you enter interactively as an actual regexp, > rather than something to be transformed into one). > > i.e. These would be equivalent: > > M-x highlight-rx RET (or "foo" "bar") RET > M-x highlight-regexp RET \(foo\|bar\) RET Oh, I see. I think it would be rather odd to have just one regexp-reading command that uses the rx syntax interactively. If this is something we want (and I don't really envision people willingly typing in rx forms interactively), then it should be fixed in `read-regexp'. It could, for instance, have a keystroke that changes the input mode. But do we think that people want to type in rx forms? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no