From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: leo <devel@halloleo.hailmail.net>
Cc: 36354@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36354: 26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 03:27:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v9wcf14h.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21F126BF-F0BB-49B0-AB38-937C0AC0C1F6@halloleo.hailmail.net> (leo's message of "Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:15:36 +1000")
leo <devel@halloleo.hailmail.net> writes:
>
> 1. Start `re-builder'.
> 2. Build a regex in `re-builder'
> 3. Switch via C-c TAB to "string" syntax .
> 4. Copy the regex via `reb-copy'
>
> The result cannot be pasted in any regex replace prompt, but that is
> exactly the place where string syntax is used.
This seems like a deliberate feature:
;; (The compiled string form will be copied by `reb-copy')
If you just want the displayed version (which is indeed handy for
`replace-regexp' and friends), you can just copy the text from the
buffer.
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-09 1:27 UTC|newest]
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2019-06-24 14:15 bug#36354: 26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe leo
2019-07-09 1:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-07-09 9:16 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-07-10 5:57 ` leo
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