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#32430: 26; Elisp manual: Please consider indexing each char class Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:56:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87a7dizlpi.fsf@mouse.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="171262"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 32430@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 13 04:57:11 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 1hm8Dm-000iNX-Lf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:57:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53398 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8Dk-0008Mi-D9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44137) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8Dh-0008MW-1o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8Df-0006Cs-B5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:57:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60559) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8Dd-0006BL-TE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8Dd-0001kf-Q2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:57:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32430 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 32430-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32430.15629865916678 (code B ref 32430); Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32430) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jul 2019 02:56:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41144 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8D8-0001jc-R5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:56:31 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:54234) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm8D7-0001jT-9z for 32430@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:56:29 -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 1hm8D3-0004qI-LL; Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:56:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:45:13 -0700 (PDT)") 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:162830 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > I wanted to go to the Elisp manual section that specifies char-class > [:blank:]. I tried `i blank', even with substring matching. Not > recalling that such critters are called "character classes" I just used > `i regexp' (with substring matching) to find entry "character classes in > regexp". > > So not a big problem (assuming you have substring matching). But I > think it would be helpful to add entries such as these (which don't > require substring matching): > > ascii character class, regexp > alnum character class, regexp > alpha character class, regexp > blank character class, regexp Makes sense. I've now added some of the more interesting classes, but not the entire list of classes. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no