From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RegExp question Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:09:48 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095963251 5620 80.91.229.6 (23 Sep 2004 18:14:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 23 20:14:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CAY6Y-0005uU-00 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:14:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CAYCb-0005Si-0K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:20:21 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sU05Ca+80pqcxPCZ1ut6DBQZ/hE= Original-Lines: 9 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1095962988 132.204.24.84 (Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:09:48 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:09:48 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125481 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20835 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20835 > So I changed it to this "repeat\\(-[xy]?\\)?[^:]" > so how do I specifiy that I don't care if anything > follows the patter or not, > so long as it is NOT ':'? "repeat\\(-[xy]?\\)?\\([^:]\\|\\'\\)" Stefan