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: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:17:50 -0700 Message-ID: References: <64E29F93-5A92-4F8D-9BA2-C6F14AEC2F64@acm.org> <824a1116-8e91-409f-95ff-69ef168a359d@default> <87k11s221z.fsf@stefankangas.se> <831rnukjn1.fsf@gnu.org> <83tv0qiupr.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="122863"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, rms@gnu.org, 41006@debbugs.gnu.org, rtm443x@googlemail.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri May 08 20:18:12 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 1jX7Zc-000VqK-0P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Fri, 08 May 2020 11:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Fri, 8 May 2020 11:17:50 -0700 In-Reply-To: <83tv0qiupr.fsf@gnu.org> 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:179937 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> * Searching and Replacement >> ** Regular Expression Search Search for match for a regexp. >> *** Regexp Syntax:: Syntax of regular expressions. >> *** Regexp Backslash:: Regular expression constructs starting w= ith =E2=80=98\=E2=80=99. >> *** Regexp Example:: A complex regular expression explained. > > Is "Regular Expression Search" just a parent node of its children, or > does it have content of its own (apart of the menu)? I can imagine both ways working, but I think my preference would be to have a brief introduction. > If the former, we need a subsection about searching with regexps, > after we describe the regular expressions. Agreed. > If the latter, then do you suggest to describe the search before > describing the regexps themselves? For the user manual, I actually like that the commands are introduced early in `(emacs) Regexp Search', which is what users are looking for. Then we can explain the details of how to use them. Best regards, Stefan Kangas