From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it obvious that string-match syntax matching is affected by the current buffer?
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:36:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k2l6dvbb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20160313T201129-47@post.gmane.org> (message from Tom on Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:19:09 +0000 (UTC))
> From: Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:19:09 +0000 (UTC)
>
> When I work with a string then I feel it should not be affected
> by settings of the current buffer, because it's not buffer text
> anymore, but a separate object.
Yes. But many times, the string is a substring created from (some
transformation of) the current buffer's text, in which case applying
the buffer's defaults to it yields the expected results.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-13 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-13 16:31 Is it obvious that string-match syntax matching is affected by the current buffer? Tom
2016-03-13 16:52 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-03-13 16:56 ` Tom
2016-03-13 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-03-13 19:19 ` Tom
2016-03-13 19:36 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-03-14 0:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-14 0:40 ` Drew Adams
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