From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52558: Option for easier typing of regexps Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:56:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87o85cvmek.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33928"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 52558@debbugs.gnu.org To: ndame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 19 12:57:11 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 1myuoQ-0008Zm-Om for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:57:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40184 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myuoO-00083H-FM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:57:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54542) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myuoI-00081V-5v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:57:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1myuoH-0004Z6-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:57:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myuoH-00038Z-TD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:57:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 11:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52558 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 52558-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52558.163991497411988 (code B ref 52558); Sun, 19 Dec 2021 11:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52558) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Dec 2021 11:56:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44987 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myunW-00037I-09 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:56:14 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:40624) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1myunU-000374-9i for 52558@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:56:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=CeKt0slbOqD8ZI+pkEotX8jV+9IjVYfrNTiAN5k3fs8=; b=cr9xBKP9jif8WBqOofokM7kFyL aCj0QjUNudAwgr1I9nm339vzLtzJv3jdzknpWqSTk3ZmMlxLLTu2N4AvWEcnEDQUXE3KCRloaV91h VORFIzQZY0iTwncCZVgwQfqhEFYLTme60rjue1BOo7ZnPRs8gHxIQxBE02QAo4dGZASg=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1myunL-0003LH-Qm; Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:56:06 +0100 X-Now-Playing: John Martyn's _Bless the Weather_: "Bless the Weather (Take 4)" In-Reply-To: (ndame's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:41:17 +0000") 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:222652 Archived-At: ndame writes: > I use query replace regexp a lot, as I imagine other people do, and I > always found that typing capturing groups and alternation is clumsy, > because they have to be escaped, and they are the ones needed > most often: \(...\) \| > > There could be a user option to make these easier to type by providing > a variable which controls which characters need escaping in > interactive mode, so the user could list those characters for which > the escaping rules are reversed when typing in the regexp replace > prompt. I think it would be really confusing to have a different regexp syntax when prompting interactively to when you're writing code, so I don't think this would be a good idea. Anybody else have a different opinion? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no