From: Mirko <mvukovic@nycap.rr.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to re-search for ^"*Nanotechnology*"$
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:50:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1189083004.314252.238090@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.387.1189029199.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
On Sep 5, 5:41 pm, Eric Hanchrow <off...@blarg.net> wrote:
> >>>>> "Mirko" == Mirko <mvuko...@nycap.rr.com> writes:
>
> Mirko> I am doing OK now without rx ...
>
> You just _think_ you are.
>
> Seriously, I think "rx" is one of the best little-known features of
> Emacs; _almost_ any regular expression can be written _much_ more
> clearly with it. One caveat, though, is that the version in Emacs 22
> has lots more bells and whistles than the version in Emacs 21, so if
> portability is important to you, limit yourself to the Emacs 21
> features (which are _still_ a huge improvement over writing them
> "raw").
>
> --
> Keaton, Chaplin, Garbo - let them now make room for Gromit.
> A. O. Scott, in The New York Times
Well, what peaked my attention was the "_much_ more clearly" bit.I
will take a look at it then.
Mirko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-06 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-05 12:32 How to re-search for ^"*Nanotechnology*"$ Mirko
2007-09-05 13:02 ` Mirko
2007-09-05 13:13 ` Daniel Jensen
2007-09-05 13:18 ` Mirko
2007-09-05 13:27 ` Stephen Berman
2007-09-05 13:32 ` Eric Hanchrow
[not found] ` <mailman.366.1188999503.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-05 15:27 ` Mirko
2007-09-05 21:41 ` Eric Hanchrow
[not found] ` <mailman.387.1189029199.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-06 12:50 ` Mirko [this message]
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