From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unquoted special characters in regexps Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:34:09 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200602252234.k1PMY9A24651@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <4400AD8E.5050001@gmx.at> <4400BBB1.2050800@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141401429 27002 80.91.229.2 (3 Mar 2006 15:57:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@suse.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 03 16:57:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFCds-0003G4-Gs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:56:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFCds-0003hn-E4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:56:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FEdYr-0004tn-PC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:29:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FD83w-00063H-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:38:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FD83t-00061M-Mr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:38:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FD84H-00048Q-7i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1PMcfg1008056; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:38:41 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k1PMY9A24651; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:34:09 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rudalics@gmx.at In-reply-to: <4400BBB1.2050800@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:18:57 +0100) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:38:41 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51064 Archived-At: >>From my previous message: But "quoting" `]' by writing "[]]" instead of just `]', seems contorted, even though it would be less confusing than "\\]". But if you *really* want to emphasize that the `]' does not close a character alternative, "[]]" is the only way I know to do that. "\\]" does not do the job. Sincerely, Luc.