From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Bingham, Jay" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: newb rexeg question Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:25:58 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <72A87F7160C0994D8C5A36E2FDC227F507A7405F@txnexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066941075 23755 80.91.224.253 (23 Oct 2003 20:31:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 23 22:31:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ACm6y-0000D6-00 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:31:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACm4Y-00059d-AU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:28:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ACm2X-0004hY-Gu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:26:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ACm1z-0004RG-TM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:26:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [161.114.32.103] (helo=zcamail03.zca.compaq.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACm1z-0004O7-JW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net (cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net [16.105.250.94]) by zcamail03.zca.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14173B9C4 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from txnexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.74.7.30]) by cacexg11.americas.cpqcorp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:25:59 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: newb rexeg question Thread-Index: AcOZoLlFUu7C6XreS2WzjH+W1w8VpAAAhwJw Original-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Oct 2003 20:25:59.0906 (UTC) FILETIME=[DF266420:01C399A3] X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13498 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13498 On: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:57 PM Steve Throckmorton wrote: > ... why does this: >=20 > ... > (re-search-forward "^[a-z]...$") > ... >=20 > insist on matching the word "Abba" Because the variable `case-fold-search' is not set to `nil'. Read about search and case in info. (C-h i mem [ret] msea [ret] msea [ret]) Newbies should really make friends with the info pages. -_ J_) C_)ingham . HP - NonStop Austin Software & Services - Software Quality Assurance . Austin, TX . "Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade in public. . Never clothe them in vulgar and shoddy attire." -Dr. George W. Crane-