Re: Shortening words with multiple rules

[uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>]

------- Original Message -------
On Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 at 10:07 AM, Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> wrote:


> uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me writes:
>
> > Trying the code upon the word "please" results in "pase" because you
> > have not checked for mid-word in the final search.
>
>
> For me, it turns "please" into "lase". Maybe I didn't understand this
> correctly, but do you want to apply all the rules to a word? In that
> case, you have adjust the code to do so like this:
>
> (defun shorten-word-b ()
> "Shortens a word according to specific rules."
> (interactive)
> (let* ((bounds (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'word))
> (s (car bounds))
> (case-fold-search nil)
> (e (make-marker))
> (p (point-marker)))
> (when s
> (set-marker e (cdr bounds))
> (goto-char s)
>
> ;;-----------------------------------------------
> ;; Insert `k' for words with initial ;;` cog', `col',` com', `con',` cor', `coun',` cum'.
> (when (looking-at
> (concat "\\<"
> (regexp-opt '("cog" "col" "com" "con" "cor" "cum"
> "coun"))))
>
> (replace-match "k")
> (goto-char s))
>
>
> ;;-----------------------------------------------
> ;; Insert `l' for words with final ;;` ley', `ily', and` ly'.
> (when (save-excursion
> (re-search-forward (concat
> (regexp-opt '("ley" "ily" "ly")) "\\>")
>
> e t))
> (replace-match "l")
> (goto-char s))
>
> ;; Make sure we don't match anything at the beginning of the
> ;; string by going one char forward:
> (when (save-excursion
> (forward-char)
> (re-search-forward "ple" e t))
> (replace-match "l")
> (goto-char s))
>
> (goto-char p))
> (set-marker e nil)
> (set-marker p nil)))
>
> This turns "completely" to "kltel". If you want only one rule to apply,
> adjust the last version with `cond' to your needs.
>
> Best, Arash

Works by going one char forward.  Would you have a solution that uses `search-forward-regexp' ?
I think one can have all three possibilities function with `search-forward-regexp'.