From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:31:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: <64E29F93-5A92-4F8D-9BA2-C6F14AEC2F64@acm.org> <824a1116-8e91-409f-95ff-69ef168a359d@default> <87k11s221z.fsf@stefankangas.se> <032f1835-d4ca-47c7-a8bb-3f4628a820a8@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="87063"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 41006@debbugs.gnu.org, rtm443x@googlemail.com To: rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 07 12:32:50 2020 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 1jWdpg-000MP5-GQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 12:32:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57776 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdpf-0007M4-JX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:32:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdox-0006YT-BG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58834) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdov-0000ZN-Rn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:32:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdov-0006K0-Oo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:32:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41006 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 41006-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41006.158884749924263 (code B ref 41006); Thu, 07 May 2020 10:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 May 2020 10:31:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42147 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdoZ-0006JH-AL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:31:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-f176.google.com ([209.85.219.176]:45600) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jWdoX-0006Iu-De for 41006@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 06:31:37 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-f176.google.com with SMTP id r14so2654503ybm.12 for <41006@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 07 May 2020 03:31:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=RH1JNlfHHwXjkOnKPATrPQTeKIyW7F/SFk/XJi4DrWw=; b=ZB90zNBOFIfRx9FSOFR6IuKCpnP6a+v553mob2jR8qo5ozetc8iLzUDxr8MeKS5NhX hELy9qEjkaf310vcoUodeP1q7OOcJHtpZAnLj384vxinF4D+ajcETdrleCCqR+eaUYBf q6UBQuoealo97f6si7esY8VoZ65Pdhcc/CxU49K7WH5DkLIBVYT8byKyqEzf7H0yxeL/ pVPZVDv5mJLfEzrdt7SpP55dda6azTm7I2WambNhx2SrX1ok8F2xi93pjJ0mzumZpUA6 3p1laxdPV33YPMArLeyxUQeceMZTUgZbwZ16595iHZXSta3ECNxCc0S2QBdL5JAc4enJ pjTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYiEvTBAhJNs8GSyy1NeFUn7GMMeBaJzKprDugE93zvSi/ga3Vt ZTTww0OSAFxAZFJN4aXPMmbccWUlp7lh4Uf8ZOQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKUPtKt4OYmbgOxbyidmPtg84qxUvVrsen5VbjPdSKUCYV2b8wDz/SbsrXO1Jx7ljbSxfbdWOp0twf2E0kotJc= X-Received: by 2002:a25:4c04:: with SMTP id z4mr15449676yba.466.1588847491912; Thu, 07 May 2020 03:31:31 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 7 May 2020 06:31:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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:179870 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > But I think `Regexp Search' should come before > > `Regular Expressions'. > > To me, what a regular expression consists of > is logically prior to how to search for one. > You can't search for one > unless you can write one. Having thought about this a bit more, I think you're right. The most important question to me is why the "Regular Expressions" chapter does not include documentation on how to use them. Best regards, Stefan Kangas