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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 10:46:32 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6POLOAWgQSZwya+jFibW9FnaTTZhvvSrwXjunYyy6qcRiMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488CB56BF1F05759A7B55F6F3EE9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 10:28 AM Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much for the information, but I still can't figure out
> > what's the meaning of `Lax' used here.
>
> A strict interpretation of a space char you type
> means match it against a single space char.
>
> The lax interpretation of a space char you type
> means match it against one or more chars, each
> of which can be space, tab, newline, or carriage
> return.
>
> Look at the regexp that's in the string that's
> the value of the variable when you opt for lax
> matching of a space char.  That regexp says
> just that: one or more of those chars.
>
> Read the Elisp manual, node `Regular Expressions'
> and its subnodes.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Regular-Expressions.html

Thank you again. I summarize the other manual nodes relevant to the
question discussed here as follows:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Rx-Notation.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Lax-Search.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Replacement-and-Lax-Matches.html

Hongyi



  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-01  2:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-28  9:23 Package cl is deprecated Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28  9:28 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-28  9:33 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28  9:46   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28  9:54     ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 10:03       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-07-28 11:20         ` Leo Butler
2021-07-28 13:41           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 14:07               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:21                 ` Leo Butler
2021-07-28 14:48                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:26                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  2:18                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29  6:17                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  7:22                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:31                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  2:27                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29  6:16                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29 14:26                         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-30  3:04                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30  4:03                             ` Drew Adams
2021-07-30  5:33                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30 15:56                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-07-31  0:35                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  0:58                                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:15                                       ` Drew Adams
2021-07-31 22:39                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31 22:59                                           ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:42                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  1:41                                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  1:34                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31  4:06                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  4:39                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31  5:18                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  5:26                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:09                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:36                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  2:28                                         ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  2:46                                           ` Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2021-08-01  2:49                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-31  1:04                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:14                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:55                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  2:30                                         ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  4:13                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:16                                             ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01 23:58                                             ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  0:50                                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02  1:10                                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:16                                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  1:38                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:05                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02  2:23                                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  2:25                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:24                                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:42                                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02  3:28                                                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  3:57                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02 19:50                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  4:29                                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02 19:53                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 21:05                                                               ` gnutls and `erc-tls' (was: Re: [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 22:02                                                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-03  1:16                                                               ` [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  1:29                                                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-08-03  1:31                                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  1:36                                                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-03  1:59                                                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 21:33                                                             ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-03  1:14                                                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  3:56                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:03                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:46                                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  2:18                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  4:23                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-01  4:58                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:08                                             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:45                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  5:56                                                 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  6:29                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  6:36                                                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  7:15                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  7:57                                                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01 13:23                                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30 19:59                     ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-28 13:03         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:23           ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 13:33             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:36               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:04                 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:15                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:23                     ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:25                       ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:30                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:36       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-28 14:55         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29 15:26           ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30  2:23             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:11       ` Marcin Borkowski
2021-07-29  2:38         ` Hongyi Zhao

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