From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing regexp to single \ for message printing Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:44:47 +0000 Message-ID: References: <3VXsHtsIdcxQp-XQqhtWrmvJ0486DT9PwUch-pEjK5DrVygUlYKfeE45hQ0G1dSdLfTiGcWV404v7pxOe-0yUtxz2iD2huevv9lZwHnt4uw=@protonmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38941"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 13 16:46:16 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sSe0u-0009wZ-Dg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:46:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSe0D-0002t6-JS; Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:45:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSe0A-0002rp-Rd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:45:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4027.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.27]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sSe09-0002XC-6w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:45:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1720881890; x=1721141090; bh=xkJF6WZtJGOu6+ud2sMbdOhQn2fvcM6meRrsjQgJflA=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=vMpOEJuzF0wAVQzdi3FaMmzqdDcXfsCW9+3lQkSl6s8uwyo/0mqmo0HUoX29TKFSm D0j0k0732XBCEHBrv6GoIyhroxmw7PQH+E+aKzUBxMjFAQC96luU7qz/yYwlxx7ca1 zzKWxFb2tXx5mubQKXLKQyVfmkG7ea04uTmhTbT0AziYXb6YbUqEEo8ptKf53Y2IRt pFwS9iyfz2VatJVcZwbszRFkQLhvSYvf2qJE6ponLlz4J0eDeJLevMTYHYCiGzrp4B V2CrlpnoKCwnGvTwNCXp+qsZlyVmXnks937lb+Mh5hFLSevAJZrf4VGvEw2AKf8X0e AszM9w/pNTWHw== In-Reply-To: <3VXsHtsIdcxQp-XQqhtWrmvJ0486DT9PwUch-pEjK5DrVygUlYKfeE45hQ0G1dSdLfTiGcWV404v7pxOe-0yUtxz2iD2huevv9lZwHnt4uw=@protonmail.com> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: f4f1de006fb91210cdc37572b67aab170284cdec Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.27; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4027.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, TO_EQ_FM_DIRECT_MX=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147198 Archived-At: On Saturday, July 13th, 2024 at 9:30 PM, Heime = wrote: > I would like to have a function that takes a regexp such as >=20 > "\\(\\s-\\[\\-\\] \\)\\(.\\)" >=20 > that removes the extra \ in \\ but also add the necessary \ characters > to get another string that when used in message will print the regexp > string with the single \. >=20 > I have tried to do the conversion myself but cannot get things quite righ= t > with "\\(\\s-\\\[\\\-\\\] \\\)\\\(.\\\)\" because it is giving me >=20 > "\(\s-M-x \-\ \)\(.\)" >=20 > Whereas I need to get >=20 > (message regexp-display-string) >=20 > \(\s-\[\-\] \)\(.\) For instance, consider =20 ( message "1. First Capturing Group \\(\\s-*\\[\\-\\]\\s-*\\)" ) It does not produce 1. First Capturing Group \(\s-*\[\-\]\s-*\) An M-x is being introduced, and the opening [ and closing ] square brackets= are nowhere to be seen. What is going on ?