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 02:35:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87o8yirgk4.fsf@gnus.org> References: <875zkqsx1c.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="169462"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: VanL To: 31953@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 15 02:37:12 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 1iKApr-000hyZ-GW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:37:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59046 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKApq-0000tD-Cr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:37:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59474) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKApj-0000qa-5K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:37:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKApi-0001jB-3P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33639) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKApi-0001j7-0B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAph-0001co-SH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:37:01 +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=B31953.15710997626133 (code B ref 31953); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31953) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Oct 2019 00:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42459 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAoj-0001ah-RG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.231.51] (port=44448 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAoi-0001aR-9I for 31953@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:36:00 -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 1iKAoe-00068h-16; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:35:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: <875zkqsx1c.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:54:39 +0200") 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:169342 Archived-At: (Please keep the debbugs address in the Cc list -- otherwise the bug tracker won't get the message.) >>> 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. > > I was wanting to migrate from regexp to rx syntax for highlighting. `rx' returns a normal regexp, so you can use whatever you want, can't you? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no