From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why are RegExps never working? Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:21:02 +0000 Message-ID: <87sl3cajvl.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <87lk94oozv.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194790905 29848 80.91.229.12 (11 Nov 2007 14:21:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:21:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 11 15:21:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IrDh7-00085h-GD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:21:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrDgv-00069O-FD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrDgR-00063L-40 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrDgP-00062g-KH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrDgP-00062Y-9j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:05 -0500 Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IrDgO-0003G7-Ff for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:05 -0500 Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so676001ugf for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:21:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=pLbLQNmge3jUW0pCBzz+rQRfLY2iqsXn29fKHLt/2yo=; b=PXQpizr+JUfsLTo/64Qqi8gFhnp4rNlvNRhwTdi7xpvetvvP09PBRN3whG/W4F0f1DW4SKrB9Ow3wuBlaBgxPPId3l1MH6x8SUv8TrdBr+Z/nJBrhHN3j2ONlHibUgLIxQ4s/zBXBxlR/ClJX3uNgesl1aKUPElYOcbINAlejuw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=HgPNcT/YV6m5YIsB1lcFkomqToTQN9Akr/hDW3YXr6iphzl4GMa4sAC20xhvnNkKzH6j4lJy65549LeFk0RkMAbN7EGQcbcTUR16sFjm83KhtTSuQTeQGE8rfL+Z0WdliSRVLzPg1biEp3yZsZaifw2zrRQ9kdlm23wPo+X8JlU= Original-Received: by 10.66.233.14 with SMTP id f14mr1348648ugh.1194790863274; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:21:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [81.99.213.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k28sm9521628ugd.2007.11.11.06.21.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:21:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B79B1575BA; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:21:02 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <87lk94oozv.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> (Sven Bretfeld's message of "Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:06:44 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49134 Archived-At: Sven Bretfeld writes: > pp\.[ \|$][0-9] > > To my understanding, it should mean: the string pp. followed by a > group consisting of space or end-of-line followed by a number. > > Alas, occurrences of pp. at the end of a line are never found. I've > also tried \n instead of $ and [ $] instead of [ \|$] -- all with the > same result. pp\.[ \n][0-9]+ ? See (info "(elisp)Regular Expressions") -- Bastien