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From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Sven Bretfeld <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why are RegExps never working?
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:15:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <473827B7.5020906@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <876407u6sc.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu>

Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Hi Harald
> 
> Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> writes:
> 
>> If you're having a hard time learning how regexps work, then
>> regex-tool seems like a great learning aid:
>>
>>   ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/regex-tool.el
>>
>> I've only tried it for a couple of minutes, but it looks really
>> useful.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion. I've installed regex-tool and I have the
> impression that it's a good way to become familiar with the topic.

I have found the rx function in Emacs 22 useful when writing elisp code 
that uses regexps. It makes the regexps much easier to read IMO. You can 
also use that to learn how regexp.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-12 10:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-11 14:06 Why are RegExps never working? Sven Bretfeld
2007-11-11 14:47 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-11 15:19   ` Sven Bretfeld
2007-11-11 15:52     ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-11 23:24       ` Sven Bretfeld
2007-11-12  9:39         ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-12  9:53           ` Sven Bretfeld
     [not found]       ` <mailman.3307.1194823515.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-12  8:21         ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-11-12  9:55           ` Sven Bretfeld
2007-11-12 10:15             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
2007-11-12 15:10               ` Drew Adams
2007-11-12 16:01                 ` Sven Bretfeld
     [not found]           ` <mailman.3326.1194861370.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-12 13:04             ` Richard G Riley
2007-11-12 18:54               ` Drew Adams
2007-11-13  8:55           ` Tim X
2007-11-13 13:54             ` Richard G Riley
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3268.1194797266.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-12 23:53       ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-11-13 15:49         ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-13 16:37           ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-11-13 23:51             ` Sven Bretfeld
2007-11-14  9:55               ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-14 17:52                 ` Sven Bretfeld
     [not found]             ` <mailman.3482.1194997914.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-14  3:13               ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-11-14  9:22         ` Johan Bockgård
2007-11-16  5:15           ` Tim X
2007-11-16 10:17             ` Johan Bockgård
2007-11-11 15:21 ` Bastien
2007-11-11 14:38   ` Sven Bretfeld

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