From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Replacement Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:59:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20051103163329.CC26B32F1A@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131040943 16440 80.91.229.2 (3 Nov 2005 18:02:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ihs_4664@yahoo.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 03 19:02:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXjN5-0005nN-3M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:59:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXjN4-0000hs-Db for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXjN3-0000hZ-3o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:59:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXjN1-0000hD-FA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXjN1-0000h9-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:59:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=mx1.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EXjN1-0007pU-Lx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:59:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Relay2.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C01E63D; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:59:25 +0100 (CET) Original-To: hufflen@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr (hufflen jean-michel) X-Yow: Your CHEEKS sit like twin NECTARINES above a MOUTH that knows no BOUNDS -- In-Reply-To: <20051103163329.CC26B32F1A@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr> (hufflen jean-michel's message of "Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:33:29 +0100 (CET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:13882 Archived-At: hufflen@lifc.univ-fcomte.fr (hufflen jean-michel) writes: > (while (re-search-forward "\\^{?a}?" ...) (replace-match "=E2" ...)) To match a backslash you must use the regex "\\\\". > it results: \^{a} or \^a =3D=3D=3D=3D> \=E2 It results in ^{a} or ^a =3D=3D=3D> =E2. The backslash is not part of th= e match. > If the replacement I wish is: > > \`{a} or \`a =3D=3D=3D=3D> =E0 > > then (while (re-search-forward "\\`{?a}?" ...) (replace-match "=E0" ...= )) This will only match "{a}" or "{a" or "a}" or "a" at the beginning of the buffer, because \` only matches there. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."