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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: How to grok a complicated regex?
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:16:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5503EE61.4090807@gmx.at> (raw)

 > so I have this monstrosity [note: I know, there are much worse ones,
 > too!]:
 >
 > "\\`\\(?:\\\\[([]\\|\\$+\\)?\\(.*?\\)\\(?:\\\\[])]\\|\\$+\\)?\\'"
 >
 > (it's in the org-latex--script-size function in ox-latex.el, if you're
 > curious).
 >
 > I'm not asking “what does this match” – I can read it myself.  But it
 > comes with a considerable effort.  Are you aware of any tools that might
 > help to understand such regexen?

You might want to try regexp-lock.el which you can find here:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-10/msg00688.html

Eventually it should also appear on ELPA but I have to polish up some
things first.

Sincerely, martin




             reply	other threads:[~2015-03-14  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-14  8:16 martin rudalics [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.1979.1426282552.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-13 22:46 ` How to grok a complicated regex? Emanuel Berg
2015-03-13 23:16   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-14  0:12     ` Rasmus
2015-03-14 13:18       ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]       ` <mailman.2003.1426339118.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-15  4:31         ` Rusi
2015-03-22  2:29       ` Tom Tromey
2015-03-22  2:44         ` Rasmus
2015-03-14  5:14     ` Yuri Khan
2015-03-14  7:03     ` Drew Adams
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1984.1426288628.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-14  3:58     ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  4:44       ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  4:58         ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-14  8:43         ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]         ` <mailman.1997.1426324089.31049.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-03-20  1:05           ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-18 16:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-03-19  8:15   ` Tassilo Horn
2015-04-25  4:23 ` Rusi
2015-04-27 13:26   ` Julien Cubizolles
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-03-13 21:35 Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-13 21:45 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-13 21:47 ` Alexis
2015-03-13 21:57   ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-23 12:18 ` Vaidheeswaran C

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