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* [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate
@ 2019-12-21 18:44 Mattias Engdegård
  2019-12-21 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
  2019-12-21 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mattias Engdegård @ 2019-12-21 18:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs developers

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This clean-up patch uses the type 'regexp' instead of 'string' in defcustom forms where the value actually is a regexp. Instances were found by means of an ad-hoc script.

Using the 'regexp' type gives better error checking (syntax errors are caught by the customisation machinery). It also allows for extending the system to use alternative regexp syntaxes, like rx, in the future.

Eli, is this acceptable for master now or should it wait until after the branch has been made?


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From e4eb607a5a646be0fd9450734445758cb3229a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mattias=20Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= <mattiase@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:52:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use regexp type for regexps in defcustom declarations

* lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el (diary-face-attrs):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el (semanticdb-ebrowse-file-match):
* lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
(srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs)
(srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist):
* lisp/desktop.el (desktop-clear-preserve-buffers):
* lisp/elide-head.el (elide-head-headers-to-hide):
* lisp/erc/erc-backend.el (erc-encoding-coding-alist):
* lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el (erc-ezb-regexp):
* lisp/files.el (auto-save-file-name-transforms):
* lisp/gnus/deuglify.el (gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-cut-regexp)
(gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-verb-regexp)
(gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-end-regexp):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el (gnus-x-face-omit-files, gnus-face-omit-files):
* lisp/gnus/spam.el (spam-spamassassin-positive-spam-flag-header):
* lisp/htmlfontify.el (hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle):
* lisp/info-look.el (info-lookup-file-name-alist):
* lisp/international/rfc1843.el (rfc1843-newsgroups-regexp):
* lisp/mail/feedmail.el (feedmail-queue-slug-suspect-regexp):
* lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el (rsf-white-list, rsf-definitions-alist):
* lisp/man.el (Man-name-local-regexp):
* lisp/net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-dumb-unix-host-regexp):
* lisp/net/newst-backend.el (newsticker-auto-mark-filter-list):
* lisp/net/rcirc.el (rcirc-authinfo):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-prompt):
* lisp/org/org-agenda.el (org-agenda-hide-tags-regexp)
(org-agenda-category-icon-alist):
* lisp/org/org-protocol.el (org-protocol-data-separator):
* lisp/org/org-table.el (org-table-number-regexp):
* lisp/org/ox-latex.el (org-latex-known-warnings):
* lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el (bug-reference-bug-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/hideif.el (hide-ifdef-header-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el (idlwave-help-doclib-name)
(idlwave-help-doclib-keyword):
* lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el (idlwave-no-change-comment):
* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-shell-prompt-input-regexps)
(python-shell-prompt-output-regexps, python-shell-prompt-regexp)
(python-shell-prompt-block-regexp, python-shell-prompt-output-regexp)
(python-shell-prompt-pdb-regexp, python-shell-compilation-regexp-alist)
(python-pdbtrack-stacktrace-info-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/sql.el (sql-send-terminator, sql-ansi-statement-starters):
* lisp/speedbar.el (speedbar-directory-unshown-regexp)
(speedbar-file-unshown-regexp):
* lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mark-duplications-exceptions)
(flyspell-tex-command-regexp):
* lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el (sentence-end-base):
* lisp/textmodes/tildify.el (tildify-pattern, tildify-space-pattern):
* lisp/vc/ediff-init.el (ediff-metachars):
* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-root-log-format):
* lisp/vc/vc-hg.el (vc-hg-root-log-format):
* lisp/whitespace.el (whitespace-indentation-regexp)
(whitespace-space-after-tab-regexp):
* lisp/woman.el (woman-manpath-man-regexp)
(woman-imenu-generic-expression):
Use 'regexp' instead of 'string' as type for values that are regexps
in defcustom declarations.
---
 lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el        |  2 +-
 lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el |  2 +-
 lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el    | 14 +++++++-------
 lisp/desktop.el                   |  2 +-
 lisp/elide-head.el                |  4 ++--
 lisp/erc/erc-backend.el           |  2 +-
 lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/files.el                     |  2 +-
 lisp/gnus/deuglify.el             |  6 +++---
 lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el             |  4 ++--
 lisp/gnus/spam.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/htmlfontify.el               |  2 +-
 lisp/info-look.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/international/rfc1843.el     |  2 +-
 lisp/mail/feedmail.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el    | 14 +++++++-------
 lisp/man.el                       |  2 +-
 lisp/net/ange-ftp.el              |  2 +-
 lisp/net/newst-backend.el         |  2 +-
 lisp/net/rcirc.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/net/tramp-adb.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/org/org-agenda.el            |  4 ++--
 lisp/org/org-protocol.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/org/org-table.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/org/ox-latex.el              |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el   |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/hideif.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el       |  4 ++--
 lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el         |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/python.el          | 16 ++++++++--------
 lisp/progmodes/sql.el             |  4 ++--
 lisp/speedbar.el                  |  4 ++--
 lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el        |  4 ++--
 lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el      |  2 +-
 lisp/textmodes/tildify.el         |  4 ++--
 lisp/vc/ediff-init.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/vc/vc-git.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/vc/vc-hg.el                  |  2 +-
 lisp/whitespace.el                |  8 ++++----
 lisp/woman.el                     |  4 ++--
 40 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
index 25849627cd..b20a4c907c 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ diary-face-attrs
 that this is a face (`:face') to apply.  TYPE is the type of
 attribute being applied.  Available TYPES (see `diary-attrtype-convert')
 are: `string', `symbol', `int', `tnil', `stringtnil'."
-  :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Regular expression")
+  :type '(repeat (list (regexp :tag "Regular expression")
                        (integer :tag "Sub-expression")
                        (symbol :tag "Attribute (e.g. :foreground)")
                        (choice (const string :tag "A string")
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
index 14ada88612..958f6ed640 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ semanticdb-ebrowse-file-match
 is only for searching via semanticdb, and thus only headers would
 be searched."
   :group 'semanticdb
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 ;;; SEMANTIC Database related Code
 ;;; Classes:
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el b/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
index 21acc61fef..df7bc0aa33 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist
 Doesn't always work correctly, but that is just because English
 doesn't always work correctly."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist
 RESULT is a string, which can contain %s, which is replaced with
 `match-string' 1."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist
 When one is encountered, document-insert-parameters will automatically
 place this comment after the parameter name."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
diff --git a/lisp/desktop.el b/lisp/desktop.el
index 6f45278218..362a4e825a 100644
--- a/lisp/desktop.el
+++ b/lisp/desktop.el
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ desktop-clear-preserve-buffers
 Each element is a regular expression.  Buffers with a name matched by any of
 these won't be deleted."
   :version "23.3"                       ; added Warnings - bug#6336
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :group 'desktop)
 
 ;;;###autoload
diff --git a/lisp/elide-head.el b/lisp/elide-head.el
index c1678c003d..78197c0b47 100644
--- a/lisp/elide-head.el
+++ b/lisp/elide-head.el
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ elide-head-headers-to-hide
 first match is found to the end of the match for the corresponding
 cdr."
   :group 'elide-head
-  :type '(alist :key-type  (string :tag "Start regexp")
-		:value-type (string :tag "End regexp")))
+  :type '(alist :key-type  (regexp :tag "Start regexp")
+		:value-type (regexp :tag "End regexp")))
 
 (defvar elide-head-overlay nil)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'elide-head-overlay)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
index 72a7f86da2..2ac43e4274 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ erc-encoding-coding-alist
 `cyrillic-koi8', then add (\"#linux-ru\" . cyrillic-koi8) to the
 alist."
   :group 'erc-server
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Target")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Target")
                        coding-system)))
 
 (defcustom erc-server-connect-function #'erc-open-network-stream
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el b/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
index 899ea2f6b5..b3585c986a 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ erc-ezbounce
 (defcustom erc-ezb-regexp "^ezbounce!srv$"
   "Regexp used by the EZBouncer to identify itself to the user."
   :group 'erc-ezbounce
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom erc-ezb-login-alist '()
   "Alist of logins suitable for the server we're connecting to.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index a384e7136e..1f307dfb0c 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ auto-save-file-name-transforms
 On MS-DOS filesystems without long names this variable is always
 ignored."
   :group 'auto-save
-  :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Regexp") (string :tag "Replacement")
+  :type '(repeat (list (regexp :tag "Regexp") (string :tag "Replacement")
 					   (boolean :tag "Uniquify")))
   :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
   :version "21.1")
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el b/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
index 3bf6a3aa2a..8f24276237 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
@@ -266,21 +266,21 @@ gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-cut-regexp
   "\\(On \\|Am \\)?\\(Mon\\|Tue\\|Wed\\|Thu\\|Fri\\|Sat\\|Sun\\),[^,]+, "
   "Regular expression matching the beginning of an attribution line that should be cut off."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-verb-regexp
   "wrote\\|writes\\|says\\|schrieb\\|schreibt\\|meinte\\|skrev\\|a écrit\\|schreef\\|escribió"
   "Regular expression matching the verb used in an attribution line."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom  gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-end-regexp
   ": *\\|\\.\\.\\."
   "Regular expression matching the end of an attribution line."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom gnus-outlook-display-hook nil
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
index 8b710512be..323860bf18 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ gnus-x-face-omit-files
   "Regexp to match faces in `gnus-x-face-directory' to be omitted."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'gnus-fun
-  :type '(choice (const nil) string))
+  :type '(choice (const nil) regexp))
 
 (defcustom gnus-face-directory (expand-file-name "faces" gnus-directory)
   "Directory where Face PNG files are stored."
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ gnus-face-omit-files
   "Regexp to match faces in `gnus-face-directory' to be omitted."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'gnus-fun
-  :type '(choice (const nil) string))
+  :type '(choice (const nil) regexp))
 
 (defcustom gnus-convert-pbm-to-x-face-command "pbmtoxbm %s | compface"
   "Command for converting a PBM to an X-Face."
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/spam.el b/lisp/gnus/spam.el
index 83df2f6198..e7a63d278e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/spam.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/spam.el
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ spam-spamassassin-spam-flag-header
 (defcustom spam-spamassassin-positive-spam-flag-header "YES"
   "The regex on `spam-spamassassin-spam-flag-header' for positive spam
 identification."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'spam-spamassassin)
 
 (defcustom spam-spamassassin-spam-status-header "X-Spam-Status"
diff --git a/lisp/htmlfontify.el b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
index 481b14738b..6b88ea9d73 100644
--- a/lisp/htmlfontify.el
+++ b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle
   "Regex to remove from the `<style> a' variant of an htmlfontify CSS class."
   :group 'htmlfontify
   :tag   "src-doc-link-unstyle"
-  :type  '(string))
+  :type  '(regexp))
 
 (defcustom hfy-link-extn nil
   "File extension used for href links.
diff --git a/lisp/info-look.el b/lisp/info-look.el
index 8a484bbed1..ea8fe9646a 100644
--- a/lisp/info-look.el
+++ b/lisp/info-look.el
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ info-lookup-file-name-alist
 
 If a file name matches REGEXP, then use help mode MODE instead of the
 buffer's major mode."
-  :group 'info-lookup :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :group 'info-lookup :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 					   (symbol :tag "Mode"))))
 
 (defvar info-lookup-history nil
diff --git a/lisp/international/rfc1843.el b/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
index 545ee4e53e..d7a6ddfce7 100644
--- a/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
+++ b/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rfc1843-decode-hzp
 
 (defcustom rfc1843-newsgroups-regexp "chinese\\|hz"
   "Regexp of newsgroups in which might be HZ encoded."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'mime)
 
 (defun rfc1843-decode-region (from to)
diff --git a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
index 08db4262f1..7b7cefa405 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ feedmail-queue-slug-suspect-regexp
 feedmail-tidy-up-slug and indirectly by feedmail-queue-subject-slug-maker."
   :version "24.1"
   :group 'feedmail-queue
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
 )
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el b/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
index 86217e5dd5..f08c050802 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ rsf-white-list
 flagged as a valid, non-spam message.  E.g., if your domain is
 \"emacs.com\" then including \"emacs\\\\.com\" in this list would
 flag all mail (purporting to be) from your colleagues as valid."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :group 'rmail-spam-filter)
 
 (defcustom rsf-definitions-alist nil
@@ -157,22 +157,22 @@ rsf-definitions-alist
           (list :format "%v"
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (from . "")
 		 (const :format ""  from)
-		 (string :tag "From"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "From"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (to . "")
 		 (const :format ""  to)
-		 (string :tag "To"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "To"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (subject . "")
 		 (const :format ""  subject)
-		 (string :tag "Subject"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Subject"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (content-type . "")
 		 (const :format ""  content-type)
-		 (string :tag "Content-Type"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Content-Type"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (contents . "")
 		 (const :format ""  contents)
-		 (string :tag "Contents"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Contents"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (x-spam-status . "")
 		 (const :format ""  x-spam-status)
-		 (string :tag "X-Spam-Status"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "X-Spam-Status"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (action . output-and-delete)
 		 (const :format "" action)
 		 (choice :tag "Action selection"
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 2509e5f90c..522661fbd1 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Man-name-local-regexp
   "Regexp that matches the text that precedes the command's name.
 Used in `bookmark-set' to get the default bookmark name."
   :version "24.1"
-  :type 'string :group 'bookmark)
+  :type 'regexp :group 'bookmark)
 
 (defcustom manual-program "man"
   "Program used by `man' to produce man pages."
diff --git a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
index 140a0e7e93..7157023342 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ ange-ftp-dumb-unix-host-regexp
   "If non-nil, regexp matching hosts on which `dir' command lists directory."
   :group 'ange-ftp
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
-		 string))
+		 regexp))
 
 (defcustom ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp ""
   "If a file matches this regexp then it is transferred in binary mode."
diff --git a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
index 792ddbbf0b..43e1d2b4ec 100644
--- a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ newsticker-auto-mark-filter-list
                                (const :tag "Title" title)
                                (const :tag "Description" description)
                                (const :tag "All" all))
-                              (string :tag "Regexp")))))
+                              (regexp :tag "Regexp")))))
   :group 'newsticker-headline-processing)
 
 ;; ======================================================================
diff --git a/lisp/net/rcirc.el b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
index a373c7c7d3..1839b0eac9 100644
--- a/lisp/net/rcirc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ rcirc-authinfo
   (\"bitlbee\" bitlbee \"robert\" \"sekrit\")
   (\"dal.net\" nickserv \"bob\" \"sekrit\" \"NickServ@services.dal.net\")
   (\"quakenet.org\" quakenet \"bobby\" \"sekrit\"))"
-  :type '(alist :key-type (string :tag "Server")
+  :type '(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Server")
 		:value-type (choice (list :tag "NickServ"
 					  (const nickserv)
 					  (string :tag "Nick")
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
index f0abb27796..300def103e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tramp-adb-method
 (defcustom tramp-adb-prompt
   "^[[:digit:]]*|?[[:alnum:]\e;[]*@?[[:alnum:]]*[^#\\$]*[#\\$][[:space:]]"
   "Regexp used as prompt in almquist shell."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "24.4"
   :group 'tramp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
index 2f0bd5f4e1..f77354f11f 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ org-agenda-hide-tags-regexp
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :type '(choice
 	  (const  :tag "Hide none" nil)
-	  (string :tag "Regexp   ")))
+	  (regexp :tag "Regexp   ")))
 
 (defvaralias 'org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix
   'org-agenda-remove-tags)
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ org-agenda-category-icon-alist
   (\"Emacs\" \\='(space . (:width (16))))"
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :version "24.1"
-  :type '(alist :key-type (string :tag "Regexp matching category")
+  :type '(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Regexp matching category")
 		:value-type (choice (list :tag "Icon"
 					  (string :tag "File or data")
 					  (symbol :tag "Type")
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
index 44c6abbd95..5ba2126820 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ org-protocol-data-separator
   :group 'org-protocol
   :version "24.4"
   :package-version '(Org . "8.0")
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 ;;; Helper functions:
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-table.el b/lisp/org/org-table.el
index a2e77e0739..daacc988d5 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-table.el
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ org-table-number-regexp
 		 "^\\([<>]?[-+^.0-9]*[0-9][-+^.0-9eEdDx()%]*\\|[<>]?[-+]?0[xX][[:xdigit:].]+\\|[<>]?[-+]?[0-9]+#[0-9a-zA-Z.]+\\|nan\\|[-+u]?inf\\)$")
 	  (const :tag "Very General Number-Like, including hex and Calc radix, allows comma as decimal mark"
 		 "^\\([<>]?[-+^.,0-9]*[0-9][-+^.0-9eEdDx()%]*\\|[<>]?[-+]?0[xX][[:xdigit:].]+\\|[<>]?[-+]?[0-9]+#[0-9a-zA-Z.]+\\|nan\\|[-+u]?inf\\)$")
-	  (string :tag "Regexp:")))
+	  (regexp :tag "Regexp:")))
 
 (defcustom org-table-number-fraction 0.5
   "Fraction of numbers in a column required to make the column align right.
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-latex.el b/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
index 65f40fb7a1..72777c019c 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ org-latex-known-warnings
   :package-version '(Org . "8.3")
   :type '(repeat
 	  (cons
-	   (string :tag "Regexp")
+	   (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 	   (string :tag "Message"))))
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el b/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
index 813ecbe384..b5db636895 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bug-reference-bug-regexp
   "\\([Bb]ug ?#?\\|[Pp]atch ?#\\|RFE ?#\\|PR [a-z+-]+/\\)\\([0-9]+\\(?:#[0-9]+\\)?\\)"
   "Regular expression matching bug references.
 The second subexpression should match the bug reference (usually a number)."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "24.3"			; previously defconst
   :group 'bug-reference)
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el b/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
index 9fea447e76..adfeb0ba35 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ hide-ifdef-header-regexp
   "\\.h\\(h\\|xx\\|pp\\|\\+\\+\\)?\\'"
   "C/C++ header file name patterns to determine if current buffer is a header.
 Effective only if `hide-ifdef-expand-reinclusion-protection' is t."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "25.1")
 
 (defvar hide-ifdef-mode-submap
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el b/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
index c4cf29c141..f4d4f4b4cd 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ idlwave-help-doclib-name
 which specifies the `name' section.  Can be used for localization
 support."
   :group 'idlwave-online-help
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom idlwave-help-doclib-keyword "KEYWORD"
   "A regexp for the heading word to search for in doclib headers
 which specifies the `keywords' section.  Can be used for localization
 support."
   :group 'idlwave-online-help
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defface idlwave-help-link
   '((t :inherit link))
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el b/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
index 9c46ac84e2..c2071d21e5 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ idlwave-no-change-comment
 expression will not be changed.  Note that the indentation of a comment
 at the beginning of a line is never changed."
   :group 'idlwave-code-formatting
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom idlwave-begin-line-comment nil
   "A comment anchored at the beginning of line.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 2956bfa041..0482cd78dc 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ python-shell-prompt-input-regexps
     ;; IPython prompts activated, this adds some safeguard for that.
     "In : " "\\.\\.\\.: ")
   "List of regular expressions matching input prompts."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-output-regexps
@@ -2001,28 +2001,28 @@ python-shell-prompt-output-regexps
     "Out\\[[0-9]+\\]: "                 ; IPython
     "Out :")                            ; ipdb safeguard
   "List of regular expressions matching output prompts."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-regexp ">>> "
   "Regular expression matching top level input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-block-regexp "\\.\\.\\.:? "
   "Regular expression matching block input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-output-regexp ""
   "Regular expression matching output prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-pdb-regexp "[(<]*[Ii]?[Pp]db[>)]+ "
   "Regular expression matching pdb input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (define-obsolete-variable-alias
   'python-shell-enable-font-lock 'python-shell-font-lock-enable "25.1")
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ python-shell-compilation-regexp-alist
           "(" (group (1+ digit)) ")" (1+ (not (any "("))) "()")
      1 2))
   "`compilation-error-regexp-alist' for inferior Python."
-  :type '(alist string)
+  :type '(alist regexp)
   :group 'python)
 
 (defmacro python-shell--add-to-path-with-priority (pathvar paths)
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ python-pdbtrack-stacktrace-info-regexp
 
 Filename is expected in the first parenthesized expression.
 Line number is expected in the second parenthesized expression."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "27.1"
   :safe 'stringp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
index aa42873a3d..75dc84a952 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ sql-send-terminator
 		 (const  :tag "Default Terminator" t)
 		 (string :tag "Terminator String")
 		 (cons   :tag "Terminator Pattern and String"
-			 (string :tag "Terminator Pattern")
+			 (regexp :tag "Terminator Pattern")
 			 (string :tag "Terminator String")))
   :version "22.2"
   :group 'SQL)
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ sql-ansi-statement-starters
 identify additional keywords in a variable defined by
 the :statement feature."
   :version "24.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'SQL)
 
 ;; Customization for Oracle
diff --git a/lisp/speedbar.el b/lisp/speedbar.el
index 961a1571c7..fa443cbbcc 100644
--- a/lisp/speedbar.el
+++ b/lisp/speedbar.el
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ speedbar-directory-unshown-regexp
 useful.  It is no longer necessary to include version-control
 directories here; see `vc-directory-exclusion-list'."
   :group 'speedbar
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom speedbar-file-unshown-regexp
   (let ((nstr "") (noext completion-ignored-extensions))
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ speedbar-file-unshown-regexp
   "Regexp matching files we don't want displayed in a speedbar buffer.
 It is generated from the variable `completion-ignored-extensions'."
   :group 'speedbar
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defvar speedbar-file-regexp nil
   "Regular expression matching files we know how to expand.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index ce788207cf..e8d47d4b76 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ flyspell-mark-duplications-exceptions
 downcased before comparing with these exceptions."
   :group 'flyspell
   :type '(alist :key-type (choice (const :tag "All dictionaries" nil)
-				  string)
+				  regexp)
 		:value-type (repeat string))
   :version "24.1")
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ flyspell-tex-command-regexp
   "A string that is the regular expression that matches TeX commands."
   :group 'flyspell
   :version "21.1"
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom flyspell-check-tex-math-command nil
   "Non-nil means check even inside TeX math environment.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
index 3762010985..6b82bdb5f9 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ sentence-end
 (defcustom sentence-end-base "[.?!…‽][]\"'”’)}»›]*"
   "Regexp matching the basic end of a sentence, not including following space."
   :group 'paragraphs
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "25.1")
 (put 'sentence-end-base 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el b/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
index ccbc2b086c..55742ba80b 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ tildify-pattern
 the value of `case-fold-search' setting."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'tildify
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :safe t)
 
 (defcustom tildify-pattern-alist ()
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ tildify-space-pattern
 current `case-fold-search' setting."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'tildify
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom tildify-space-predicates '(tildify-space-region-predicate)
   "A list of predicate functions for `tildify-space' function."
diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
index a9cbf40c5e..d30ba1a1cd 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ ediff-temp-file-mode
 (defcustom ediff-metachars "[ \t\n!\"#$&'()*;<=>?[\\^`{|~]"
   "Regexp that matches characters that must be quoted with `\\' in shell command line.
 This default should work without changes."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'ediff)
 
 ;; needed to simulate frame-char-width in XEmacs.
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index cdb50db0d0..c39ee64fca 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ vc-git-root-log-format
 \"--pretty=tformat:FORMAT\"), REGEXP is a regular expression
 matching the resulting Git log output, and KEYWORDS is a list of
 `font-lock-keywords' for highlighting the Log View buffer."
-  :type '(list string string (repeat sexp))
+  :type '(list string regexp (repeat sexp))
   :version "24.1")
 
 (defcustom vc-git-commits-coding-system 'utf-8
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
index f264ba2c9a..205303761a 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ vc-hg-root-log-format
 REGEXP is a regular expression matching the resulting Mercurial
 output, and KEYWORDS is a list of `font-lock-keywords' for
 highlighting the Log View buffer."
-  :type '(list string string (repeat sexp))
+  :type '(list string regexp (repeat sexp))
   :group 'vc-hg
   :version "24.5")
 
diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el
index 243e750246..ed81514629 100644
--- a/lisp/whitespace.el
+++ b/lisp/whitespace.el
@@ -716,8 +716,8 @@ whitespace-indentation-regexp
 
 Used when `whitespace-style' includes `indentation',
 `indentation::tab' or  `indentation::space'."
-  :type '(cons (string :tag "Indentation SPACEs")
-	       (string :tag "Indentation TABs"))
+  :type '(cons (regexp :tag "Indentation SPACEs")
+	       (regexp :tag "Indentation TABs"))
   :group 'whitespace)
 
 
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ whitespace-space-after-tab-regexp
 
 Used when `whitespace-style' includes `space-after-tab',
 `space-after-tab::tab' or `space-after-tab::space'."
-  :type '(cons (string :tag "SPACEs After TAB")
-	       string)
+  :type '(cons (regexp :tag "SPACEs After TAB")
+	       regexp)
   :group 'whitespace)
 
 (defcustom whitespace-big-indent-regexp
diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index 39d9b806d2..27ccf9d99b 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ woman-manpath-man-regexp
 \"[Mm][Aa][Nn]\", which is case-insensitive mainly for the benefit of
 Microsoft platforms.  Its purpose is to avoid `cat?', `.', `..', etc."
   ;; Based on a suggestion by Wei-Xue Shi.
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'woman-interface)
 
 (defcustom woman-path
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ woman-imenu-generic-expression
 An alist with elements of the form (MENU-TITLE REGEXP INDEX) --
 see the documentation for `imenu-generic-expression'."
   :type '(alist :key-type (choice :tag "Title" (const nil) string)
-                :value-type (group (choice (string :tag "Regexp")
+                :value-type (group (choice (regexp :tag "Regexp")
                                            function)
                                    integer))
   :group 'woman-interface)
-- 
2.21.0 (Apple Git-122.2)


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* Re: [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate
  2019-12-21 18:44 [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate Mattias Engdegård
@ 2019-12-21 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
  2019-12-21 20:17   ` Mattias Engdegård
  2019-12-21 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paul Eggert @ 2019-12-21 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mattias Engdegård; +Cc: Emacs developers

On 12/21/19 10:44 AM, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> This clean-up patch uses the type 'regexp' instead of 'string' in defcustom forms where the value actually is a regexp. Instances were found by means of an ad-hoc script.

Thanks for doing that. The changes look good to me, and I hope Eli likes them too.

Did you miss some instances in rcirc-coding-system-alist?



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* Re: [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate
  2019-12-21 18:44 [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate Mattias Engdegård
  2019-12-21 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
@ 2019-12-21 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2019-12-21 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mattias Engdegård; +Cc: emacs-devel

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 19:44:38 +0100
> 
> Eli, is this acceptable for master now or should it wait until after the branch has been made?

Please wait, and thanks for working on this.



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* Re: [PATCH] Use regexp types in defcustom where appropriate
  2019-12-21 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
@ 2019-12-21 20:17   ` Mattias Engdegård
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mattias Engdegård @ 2019-12-21 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Eggert; +Cc: Emacs developers

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21 dec. 2019 kl. 20.21 skrev Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>:

> Did you miss some instances in rcirc-coding-system-alist?

So I did! Updating my script revealed no further positives, however.
Thanks for the quick review; patch updated.


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From f9947a9219e490a55e5d5053dfa4e4915e5ded3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mattias=20Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= <mattiase@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:52:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use regexp type for regexps in defcustom declarations

* lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el (diary-face-attrs):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el (semanticdb-ebrowse-file-match):
* lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
(srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs)
(srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist)
(srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist):
* lisp/desktop.el (desktop-clear-preserve-buffers):
* lisp/elide-head.el (elide-head-headers-to-hide):
* lisp/erc/erc-backend.el (erc-encoding-coding-alist):
* lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el (erc-ezb-regexp):
* lisp/files.el (auto-save-file-name-transforms):
* lisp/gnus/deuglify.el (gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-cut-regexp)
(gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-verb-regexp)
(gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-end-regexp):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el (gnus-x-face-omit-files, gnus-face-omit-files):
* lisp/gnus/spam.el (spam-spamassassin-positive-spam-flag-header):
* lisp/htmlfontify.el (hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle):
* lisp/info-look.el (info-lookup-file-name-alist):
* lisp/international/rfc1843.el (rfc1843-newsgroups-regexp):
* lisp/mail/feedmail.el (feedmail-queue-slug-suspect-regexp):
* lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el (rsf-white-list, rsf-definitions-alist):
* lisp/man.el (Man-name-local-regexp):
* lisp/net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-dumb-unix-host-regexp):
* lisp/net/newst-backend.el (newsticker-auto-mark-filter-list):
* lisp/net/rcirc.el (rcirc-authinfo, rcirc-coding-system-alist):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-prompt):
* lisp/org/org-agenda.el (org-agenda-hide-tags-regexp)
(org-agenda-category-icon-alist):
* lisp/org/org-protocol.el (org-protocol-data-separator):
* lisp/org/org-table.el (org-table-number-regexp):
* lisp/org/ox-latex.el (org-latex-known-warnings):
* lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el (bug-reference-bug-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/hideif.el (hide-ifdef-header-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el (idlwave-help-doclib-name)
(idlwave-help-doclib-keyword):
* lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el (idlwave-no-change-comment):
* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-shell-prompt-input-regexps)
(python-shell-prompt-output-regexps, python-shell-prompt-regexp)
(python-shell-prompt-block-regexp, python-shell-prompt-output-regexp)
(python-shell-prompt-pdb-regexp, python-shell-compilation-regexp-alist)
(python-pdbtrack-stacktrace-info-regexp):
* lisp/progmodes/sql.el (sql-send-terminator, sql-ansi-statement-starters):
* lisp/speedbar.el (speedbar-directory-unshown-regexp)
(speedbar-file-unshown-regexp):
* lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mark-duplications-exceptions)
(flyspell-tex-command-regexp):
* lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el (sentence-end-base):
* lisp/textmodes/tildify.el (tildify-pattern, tildify-space-pattern):
* lisp/vc/ediff-init.el (ediff-metachars):
* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-root-log-format):
* lisp/vc/vc-hg.el (vc-hg-root-log-format):
* lisp/whitespace.el (whitespace-indentation-regexp)
(whitespace-space-after-tab-regexp):
* lisp/woman.el (woman-manpath-man-regexp)
(woman-imenu-generic-expression):
Use 'regexp' instead of 'string' as type for values that are regexps
in defcustom declarations.
---
 lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el        |  2 +-
 lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el |  2 +-
 lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el    | 14 +++++++-------
 lisp/desktop.el                   |  2 +-
 lisp/elide-head.el                |  4 ++--
 lisp/erc/erc-backend.el           |  2 +-
 lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/files.el                     |  2 +-
 lisp/gnus/deuglify.el             |  6 +++---
 lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el             |  4 ++--
 lisp/gnus/spam.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/htmlfontify.el               |  2 +-
 lisp/info-look.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/international/rfc1843.el     |  2 +-
 lisp/mail/feedmail.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el    | 14 +++++++-------
 lisp/man.el                       |  2 +-
 lisp/net/ange-ftp.el              |  2 +-
 lisp/net/newst-backend.el         |  2 +-
 lisp/net/rcirc.el                 |  8 ++++----
 lisp/net/tramp-adb.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/org/org-agenda.el            |  4 ++--
 lisp/org/org-protocol.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/org/org-table.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/org/ox-latex.el              |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el   |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/hideif.el          |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el       |  4 ++--
 lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el         |  2 +-
 lisp/progmodes/python.el          | 16 ++++++++--------
 lisp/progmodes/sql.el             |  4 ++--
 lisp/speedbar.el                  |  4 ++--
 lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el        |  4 ++--
 lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el      |  2 +-
 lisp/textmodes/tildify.el         |  4 ++--
 lisp/vc/ediff-init.el             |  2 +-
 lisp/vc/vc-git.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/vc/vc-hg.el                  |  2 +-
 lisp/whitespace.el                |  8 ++++----
 lisp/woman.el                     |  4 ++--
 40 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
index 25849627cd..b20a4c907c 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ diary-face-attrs
 that this is a face (`:face') to apply.  TYPE is the type of
 attribute being applied.  Available TYPES (see `diary-attrtype-convert')
 are: `string', `symbol', `int', `tnil', `stringtnil'."
-  :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Regular expression")
+  :type '(repeat (list (regexp :tag "Regular expression")
                        (integer :tag "Sub-expression")
                        (symbol :tag "Attribute (e.g. :foreground)")
                        (choice (const string :tag "A string")
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
index 14ada88612..958f6ed640 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-ebrowse.el
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ semanticdb-ebrowse-file-match
 is only for searching via semanticdb, and thus only headers would
 be searched."
   :group 'semanticdb
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 ;;; SEMANTIC Database related Code
 ;;; Classes:
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el b/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
index 21acc61fef..df7bc0aa33 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/srecode/document.el
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-function-alist
 Doesn't always work correctly, but that is just because English
 doesn't always work correctly."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-common-nouns-abbrevs
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-return-first-alist
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-return-last-alist
 RESULT is a string, which can contain %s, which is replaced with
 `match-string' 1."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-param-alist
 When one is encountered, document-insert-parameters will automatically
 place this comment after the parameter name."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 (defcustom srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ srecode-document-autocomment-param-type-alist
 MATCH is a regexp to match in the type field.
 RESULT is a string."
   :group 'document
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 		       (string :tag "Doc Text"))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
diff --git a/lisp/desktop.el b/lisp/desktop.el
index 6f45278218..362a4e825a 100644
--- a/lisp/desktop.el
+++ b/lisp/desktop.el
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ desktop-clear-preserve-buffers
 Each element is a regular expression.  Buffers with a name matched by any of
 these won't be deleted."
   :version "23.3"                       ; added Warnings - bug#6336
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :group 'desktop)
 
 ;;;###autoload
diff --git a/lisp/elide-head.el b/lisp/elide-head.el
index c1678c003d..78197c0b47 100644
--- a/lisp/elide-head.el
+++ b/lisp/elide-head.el
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ elide-head-headers-to-hide
 first match is found to the end of the match for the corresponding
 cdr."
   :group 'elide-head
-  :type '(alist :key-type  (string :tag "Start regexp")
-		:value-type (string :tag "End regexp")))
+  :type '(alist :key-type  (regexp :tag "Start regexp")
+		:value-type (regexp :tag "End regexp")))
 
 (defvar elide-head-overlay nil)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'elide-head-overlay)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
index 72a7f86da2..2ac43e4274 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ erc-encoding-coding-alist
 `cyrillic-koi8', then add (\"#linux-ru\" . cyrillic-koi8) to the
 alist."
   :group 'erc-server
-  :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Target")
+  :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Target")
                        coding-system)))
 
 (defcustom erc-server-connect-function #'erc-open-network-stream
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el b/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
index 899ea2f6b5..b3585c986a 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-ezbounce.el
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ erc-ezbounce
 (defcustom erc-ezb-regexp "^ezbounce!srv$"
   "Regexp used by the EZBouncer to identify itself to the user."
   :group 'erc-ezbounce
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom erc-ezb-login-alist '()
   "Alist of logins suitable for the server we're connecting to.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index a384e7136e..1f307dfb0c 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ auto-save-file-name-transforms
 On MS-DOS filesystems without long names this variable is always
 ignored."
   :group 'auto-save
-  :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Regexp") (string :tag "Replacement")
+  :type '(repeat (list (regexp :tag "Regexp") (string :tag "Replacement")
 					   (boolean :tag "Uniquify")))
   :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
   :version "21.1")
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el b/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
index 3bf6a3aa2a..8f24276237 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/deuglify.el
@@ -266,21 +266,21 @@ gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-cut-regexp
   "\\(On \\|Am \\)?\\(Mon\\|Tue\\|Wed\\|Thu\\|Fri\\|Sat\\|Sun\\),[^,]+, "
   "Regular expression matching the beginning of an attribution line that should be cut off."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-verb-regexp
   "wrote\\|writes\\|says\\|schrieb\\|schreibt\\|meinte\\|skrev\\|a écrit\\|schreef\\|escribió"
   "Regular expression matching the verb used in an attribution line."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom  gnus-outlook-deuglify-attrib-end-regexp
   ": *\\|\\.\\.\\."
   "Regular expression matching the end of an attribution line."
   :version "22.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'gnus-outlook-deuglify)
 
 (defcustom gnus-outlook-display-hook nil
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
index 8b710512be..323860bf18 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ gnus-x-face-omit-files
   "Regexp to match faces in `gnus-x-face-directory' to be omitted."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'gnus-fun
-  :type '(choice (const nil) string))
+  :type '(choice (const nil) regexp))
 
 (defcustom gnus-face-directory (expand-file-name "faces" gnus-directory)
   "Directory where Face PNG files are stored."
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ gnus-face-omit-files
   "Regexp to match faces in `gnus-face-directory' to be omitted."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'gnus-fun
-  :type '(choice (const nil) string))
+  :type '(choice (const nil) regexp))
 
 (defcustom gnus-convert-pbm-to-x-face-command "pbmtoxbm %s | compface"
   "Command for converting a PBM to an X-Face."
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/spam.el b/lisp/gnus/spam.el
index 83df2f6198..e7a63d278e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/spam.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/spam.el
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ spam-spamassassin-spam-flag-header
 (defcustom spam-spamassassin-positive-spam-flag-header "YES"
   "The regex on `spam-spamassassin-spam-flag-header' for positive spam
 identification."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'spam-spamassassin)
 
 (defcustom spam-spamassassin-spam-status-header "X-Spam-Status"
diff --git a/lisp/htmlfontify.el b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
index 481b14738b..6b88ea9d73 100644
--- a/lisp/htmlfontify.el
+++ b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle
   "Regex to remove from the `<style> a' variant of an htmlfontify CSS class."
   :group 'htmlfontify
   :tag   "src-doc-link-unstyle"
-  :type  '(string))
+  :type  '(regexp))
 
 (defcustom hfy-link-extn nil
   "File extension used for href links.
diff --git a/lisp/info-look.el b/lisp/info-look.el
index 8a484bbed1..ea8fe9646a 100644
--- a/lisp/info-look.el
+++ b/lisp/info-look.el
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ info-lookup-file-name-alist
 
 If a file name matches REGEXP, then use help mode MODE instead of the
 buffer's major mode."
-  :group 'info-lookup :type '(repeat (cons (string :tag "Regexp")
+  :group 'info-lookup :type '(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 					   (symbol :tag "Mode"))))
 
 (defvar info-lookup-history nil
diff --git a/lisp/international/rfc1843.el b/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
index 545ee4e53e..d7a6ddfce7 100644
--- a/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
+++ b/lisp/international/rfc1843.el
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rfc1843-decode-hzp
 
 (defcustom rfc1843-newsgroups-regexp "chinese\\|hz"
   "Regexp of newsgroups in which might be HZ encoded."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'mime)
 
 (defun rfc1843-decode-region (from to)
diff --git a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
index 08db4262f1..7b7cefa405 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ feedmail-queue-slug-suspect-regexp
 feedmail-tidy-up-slug and indirectly by feedmail-queue-subject-slug-maker."
   :version "24.1"
   :group 'feedmail-queue
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
 )
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el b/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
index 86217e5dd5..f08c050802 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail-spam-filter.el
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ rsf-white-list
 flagged as a valid, non-spam message.  E.g., if your domain is
 \"emacs.com\" then including \"emacs\\\\.com\" in this list would
 flag all mail (purporting to be) from your colleagues as valid."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :group 'rmail-spam-filter)
 
 (defcustom rsf-definitions-alist nil
@@ -157,22 +157,22 @@ rsf-definitions-alist
           (list :format "%v"
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (from . "")
 		 (const :format ""  from)
-		 (string :tag "From"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "From"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (to . "")
 		 (const :format ""  to)
-		 (string :tag "To"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "To"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (subject . "")
 		 (const :format ""  subject)
-		 (string :tag "Subject"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Subject"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (content-type . "")
 		 (const :format ""  content-type)
-		 (string :tag "Content-Type"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Content-Type"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (contents . "")
 		 (const :format ""  contents)
-		 (string :tag "Contents"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "Contents"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (x-spam-status . "")
 		 (const :format ""  x-spam-status)
-		 (string :tag "X-Spam-Status"  ""))
+		 (regexp :tag "X-Spam-Status"  ""))
 	   (cons :format "%v" :value (action . output-and-delete)
 		 (const :format "" action)
 		 (choice :tag "Action selection"
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 2509e5f90c..522661fbd1 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Man-name-local-regexp
   "Regexp that matches the text that precedes the command's name.
 Used in `bookmark-set' to get the default bookmark name."
   :version "24.1"
-  :type 'string :group 'bookmark)
+  :type 'regexp :group 'bookmark)
 
 (defcustom manual-program "man"
   "Program used by `man' to produce man pages."
diff --git a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
index 140a0e7e93..7157023342 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ ange-ftp-dumb-unix-host-regexp
   "If non-nil, regexp matching hosts on which `dir' command lists directory."
   :group 'ange-ftp
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
-		 string))
+		 regexp))
 
 (defcustom ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp ""
   "If a file matches this regexp then it is transferred in binary mode."
diff --git a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
index 792ddbbf0b..43e1d2b4ec 100644
--- a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ newsticker-auto-mark-filter-list
                                (const :tag "Title" title)
                                (const :tag "Description" description)
                                (const :tag "All" all))
-                              (string :tag "Regexp")))))
+                              (regexp :tag "Regexp")))))
   :group 'newsticker-headline-processing)
 
 ;; ======================================================================
diff --git a/lisp/net/rcirc.el b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
index a373c7c7d3..e652508cd7 100644
--- a/lisp/net/rcirc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ rcirc-authinfo
   (\"bitlbee\" bitlbee \"robert\" \"sekrit\")
   (\"dal.net\" nickserv \"bob\" \"sekrit\" \"NickServ@services.dal.net\")
   (\"quakenet.org\" quakenet \"bobby\" \"sekrit\"))"
-  :type '(alist :key-type (string :tag "Server")
+  :type '(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Server")
 		:value-type (choice (list :tag "NickServ"
 					  (const nickserv)
 					  (string :tag "Nick")
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ rcirc-coding-system-alist
 messages.
 If VAL is a cons of coding systems, the car part is used for decoding,
 and the cdr part is used for encoding."
-  :type '(alist :key-type (choice (string :tag "Channel Regexp")
-					  (cons (string :tag "Channel Regexp")
-						(string :tag "Server Regexp")))
+  :type '(alist :key-type (choice (regexp :tag "Channel Regexp")
+					  (cons (regexp :tag "Channel Regexp")
+						(regexp :tag "Server Regexp")))
 		:value-type (choice coding-system
 				    (cons (coding-system :tag "Decode")
                                           (coding-system :tag "Encode")))))
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
index f0abb27796..300def103e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tramp-adb-method
 (defcustom tramp-adb-prompt
   "^[[:digit:]]*|?[[:alnum:]\e;[]*@?[[:alnum:]]*[^#\\$]*[#\\$][[:space:]]"
   "Regexp used as prompt in almquist shell."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "24.4"
   :group 'tramp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
index 2f0bd5f4e1..f77354f11f 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-agenda.el
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ org-agenda-hide-tags-regexp
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :type '(choice
 	  (const  :tag "Hide none" nil)
-	  (string :tag "Regexp   ")))
+	  (regexp :tag "Regexp   ")))
 
 (defvaralias 'org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix
   'org-agenda-remove-tags)
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ org-agenda-category-icon-alist
   (\"Emacs\" \\='(space . (:width (16))))"
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :version "24.1"
-  :type '(alist :key-type (string :tag "Regexp matching category")
+  :type '(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Regexp matching category")
 		:value-type (choice (list :tag "Icon"
 					  (string :tag "File or data")
 					  (symbol :tag "Type")
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
index 44c6abbd95..5ba2126820 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ org-protocol-data-separator
   :group 'org-protocol
   :version "24.4"
   :package-version '(Org . "8.0")
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 ;;; Helper functions:
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-table.el b/lisp/org/org-table.el
index a2e77e0739..daacc988d5 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-table.el
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ org-table-number-regexp
 		 "^\\([<>]?[-+^.0-9]*[0-9][-+^.0-9eEdDx()%]*\\|[<>]?[-+]?0[xX][[:xdigit:].]+\\|[<>]?[-+]?[0-9]+#[0-9a-zA-Z.]+\\|nan\\|[-+u]?inf\\)$")
 	  (const :tag "Very General Number-Like, including hex and Calc radix, allows comma as decimal mark"
 		 "^\\([<>]?[-+^.,0-9]*[0-9][-+^.0-9eEdDx()%]*\\|[<>]?[-+]?0[xX][[:xdigit:].]+\\|[<>]?[-+]?[0-9]+#[0-9a-zA-Z.]+\\|nan\\|[-+u]?inf\\)$")
-	  (string :tag "Regexp:")))
+	  (regexp :tag "Regexp:")))
 
 (defcustom org-table-number-fraction 0.5
   "Fraction of numbers in a column required to make the column align right.
diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-latex.el b/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
index 65f40fb7a1..72777c019c 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org/ox-latex.el
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ org-latex-known-warnings
   :package-version '(Org . "8.3")
   :type '(repeat
 	  (cons
-	   (string :tag "Regexp")
+	   (regexp :tag "Regexp")
 	   (string :tag "Message"))))
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el b/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
index 813ecbe384..b5db636895 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/bug-reference.el
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bug-reference-bug-regexp
   "\\([Bb]ug ?#?\\|[Pp]atch ?#\\|RFE ?#\\|PR [a-z+-]+/\\)\\([0-9]+\\(?:#[0-9]+\\)?\\)"
   "Regular expression matching bug references.
 The second subexpression should match the bug reference (usually a number)."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "24.3"			; previously defconst
   :group 'bug-reference)
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el b/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
index 9fea447e76..adfeb0ba35 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/hideif.el
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ hide-ifdef-header-regexp
   "\\.h\\(h\\|xx\\|pp\\|\\+\\+\\)?\\'"
   "C/C++ header file name patterns to determine if current buffer is a header.
 Effective only if `hide-ifdef-expand-reinclusion-protection' is t."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "25.1")
 
 (defvar hide-ifdef-mode-submap
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el b/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
index c4cf29c141..f4d4f4b4cd 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ idlwave-help-doclib-name
 which specifies the `name' section.  Can be used for localization
 support."
   :group 'idlwave-online-help
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom idlwave-help-doclib-keyword "KEYWORD"
   "A regexp for the heading word to search for in doclib headers
 which specifies the `keywords' section.  Can be used for localization
 support."
   :group 'idlwave-online-help
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defface idlwave-help-link
   '((t :inherit link))
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el b/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
index 9c46ac84e2..c2071d21e5 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/idlwave.el
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ idlwave-no-change-comment
 expression will not be changed.  Note that the indentation of a comment
 at the beginning of a line is never changed."
   :group 'idlwave-code-formatting
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom idlwave-begin-line-comment nil
   "A comment anchored at the beginning of line.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 2956bfa041..0482cd78dc 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ python-shell-prompt-input-regexps
     ;; IPython prompts activated, this adds some safeguard for that.
     "In : " "\\.\\.\\.: ")
   "List of regular expressions matching input prompts."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-output-regexps
@@ -2001,28 +2001,28 @@ python-shell-prompt-output-regexps
     "Out\\[[0-9]+\\]: "                 ; IPython
     "Out :")                            ; ipdb safeguard
   "List of regular expressions matching output prompts."
-  :type '(repeat string)
+  :type '(repeat regexp)
   :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-regexp ">>> "
   "Regular expression matching top level input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-block-regexp "\\.\\.\\.:? "
   "Regular expression matching block input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-output-regexp ""
   "Regular expression matching output prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom python-shell-prompt-pdb-regexp "[(<]*[Ii]?[Pp]db[>)]+ "
   "Regular expression matching pdb input prompt of Python shell.
 It should not contain a caret (^) at the beginning."
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (define-obsolete-variable-alias
   'python-shell-enable-font-lock 'python-shell-font-lock-enable "25.1")
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ python-shell-compilation-regexp-alist
           "(" (group (1+ digit)) ")" (1+ (not (any "("))) "()")
      1 2))
   "`compilation-error-regexp-alist' for inferior Python."
-  :type '(alist string)
+  :type '(alist regexp)
   :group 'python)
 
 (defmacro python-shell--add-to-path-with-priority (pathvar paths)
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ python-pdbtrack-stacktrace-info-regexp
 
 Filename is expected in the first parenthesized expression.
 Line number is expected in the second parenthesized expression."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "27.1"
   :safe 'stringp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
index aa42873a3d..75dc84a952 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ sql-send-terminator
 		 (const  :tag "Default Terminator" t)
 		 (string :tag "Terminator String")
 		 (cons   :tag "Terminator Pattern and String"
-			 (string :tag "Terminator Pattern")
+			 (regexp :tag "Terminator Pattern")
 			 (string :tag "Terminator String")))
   :version "22.2"
   :group 'SQL)
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ sql-ansi-statement-starters
 identify additional keywords in a variable defined by
 the :statement feature."
   :version "24.1"
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'SQL)
 
 ;; Customization for Oracle
diff --git a/lisp/speedbar.el b/lisp/speedbar.el
index 961a1571c7..fa443cbbcc 100644
--- a/lisp/speedbar.el
+++ b/lisp/speedbar.el
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ speedbar-directory-unshown-regexp
 useful.  It is no longer necessary to include version-control
 directories here; see `vc-directory-exclusion-list'."
   :group 'speedbar
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom speedbar-file-unshown-regexp
   (let ((nstr "") (noext completion-ignored-extensions))
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ speedbar-file-unshown-regexp
   "Regexp matching files we don't want displayed in a speedbar buffer.
 It is generated from the variable `completion-ignored-extensions'."
   :group 'speedbar
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defvar speedbar-file-regexp nil
   "Regular expression matching files we know how to expand.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index ce788207cf..e8d47d4b76 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ flyspell-mark-duplications-exceptions
 downcased before comparing with these exceptions."
   :group 'flyspell
   :type '(alist :key-type (choice (const :tag "All dictionaries" nil)
-				  string)
+				  regexp)
 		:value-type (repeat string))
   :version "24.1")
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ flyspell-tex-command-regexp
   "A string that is the regular expression that matches TeX commands."
   :group 'flyspell
   :version "21.1"
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom flyspell-check-tex-math-command nil
   "Non-nil means check even inside TeX math environment.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
index 3762010985..6b82bdb5f9 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ sentence-end
 (defcustom sentence-end-base "[.?!…‽][]\"'”’)}»›]*"
   "Regexp matching the basic end of a sentence, not including following space."
   :group 'paragraphs
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :version "25.1")
 (put 'sentence-end-base 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el b/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
index ccbc2b086c..55742ba80b 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/tildify.el
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ tildify-pattern
 the value of `case-fold-search' setting."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'tildify
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :safe t)
 
 (defcustom tildify-pattern-alist ()
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ tildify-space-pattern
 current `case-fold-search' setting."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'tildify
-  :type 'string)
+  :type 'regexp)
 
 (defcustom tildify-space-predicates '(tildify-space-region-predicate)
   "A list of predicate functions for `tildify-space' function."
diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
index a9cbf40c5e..d30ba1a1cd 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ ediff-temp-file-mode
 (defcustom ediff-metachars "[ \t\n!\"#$&'()*;<=>?[\\^`{|~]"
   "Regexp that matches characters that must be quoted with `\\' in shell command line.
 This default should work without changes."
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'ediff)
 
 ;; needed to simulate frame-char-width in XEmacs.
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index cdb50db0d0..c39ee64fca 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ vc-git-root-log-format
 \"--pretty=tformat:FORMAT\"), REGEXP is a regular expression
 matching the resulting Git log output, and KEYWORDS is a list of
 `font-lock-keywords' for highlighting the Log View buffer."
-  :type '(list string string (repeat sexp))
+  :type '(list string regexp (repeat sexp))
   :version "24.1")
 
 (defcustom vc-git-commits-coding-system 'utf-8
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
index f264ba2c9a..205303761a 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ vc-hg-root-log-format
 REGEXP is a regular expression matching the resulting Mercurial
 output, and KEYWORDS is a list of `font-lock-keywords' for
 highlighting the Log View buffer."
-  :type '(list string string (repeat sexp))
+  :type '(list string regexp (repeat sexp))
   :group 'vc-hg
   :version "24.5")
 
diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el
index 243e750246..ed81514629 100644
--- a/lisp/whitespace.el
+++ b/lisp/whitespace.el
@@ -716,8 +716,8 @@ whitespace-indentation-regexp
 
 Used when `whitespace-style' includes `indentation',
 `indentation::tab' or  `indentation::space'."
-  :type '(cons (string :tag "Indentation SPACEs")
-	       (string :tag "Indentation TABs"))
+  :type '(cons (regexp :tag "Indentation SPACEs")
+	       (regexp :tag "Indentation TABs"))
   :group 'whitespace)
 
 
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ whitespace-space-after-tab-regexp
 
 Used when `whitespace-style' includes `space-after-tab',
 `space-after-tab::tab' or `space-after-tab::space'."
-  :type '(cons (string :tag "SPACEs After TAB")
-	       string)
+  :type '(cons (regexp :tag "SPACEs After TAB")
+	       regexp)
   :group 'whitespace)
 
 (defcustom whitespace-big-indent-regexp
diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index 39d9b806d2..27ccf9d99b 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ woman-manpath-man-regexp
 \"[Mm][Aa][Nn]\", which is case-insensitive mainly for the benefit of
 Microsoft platforms.  Its purpose is to avoid `cat?', `.', `..', etc."
   ;; Based on a suggestion by Wei-Xue Shi.
-  :type 'string
+  :type 'regexp
   :group 'woman-interface)
 
 (defcustom woman-path
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ woman-imenu-generic-expression
 An alist with elements of the form (MENU-TITLE REGEXP INDEX) --
 see the documentation for `imenu-generic-expression'."
   :type '(alist :key-type (choice :tag "Title" (const nil) string)
-                :value-type (group (choice (string :tag "Regexp")
+                :value-type (group (choice (regexp :tag "Regexp")
                                            function)
                                    integer))
   :group 'woman-interface)
-- 
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