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On Apr 11, 12:39=A0am, harven <har...@free.fr> wrote:
> Decebal <CLDWester...@gmail.com> writes:
> > I would like to define a regulair expression like [\w\-]+, but the \w
> > seems not to work inside the [ and ]. Is this true, or do I need to do
> > something special?
>
> use [[:word:]\-]+ instead.
> see the elisp manual, section character classes 34.3.1.2http://www.gnu.or=
g/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/elisp.html#Char-Cl...

Thanks, I'll do that.