From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7475: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:59:46 +0800 Message-ID: <874ob61lq5.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290635096 6226 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2010 21:44:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:44:56 +0000 (UTC) To: 7475@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 24 22:44:52 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PLN91-0007xM-Jt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:44:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58398 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PLN91-0004Xb-3O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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d=jidanni.org; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= jidanni.org; bh=PbJlJo5Ly0ov70bNPJPC0FkPtVg=; b=l3Ghsar+qMTEsyx+ SNhLKyAHXC5ZIJLRipieYRbbcOlrDiQctkAs56RHNhQBIbZI/Di1+YPrFdU8Sb7L LwxZdfVDxsZ9cRH1OnY59DCJOXcjYAvKWQv3+wk/ghRA/RaA6brQdXDEzFTumTJa 2rnbhYrGzSLLKTvyzd8wqR/alMQ= Original-Received: from jidanni.org (218-163-1-204.dynamic.hinet.net [218.163.1.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by homiemail-a14.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E1BFE8C06A for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:32:42 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:28:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41882 Archived-At: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps. It is already hard enough to get the region and regexp right, and then one has to think 'how do I write that in old fashioned regexp language." Why can't it be rigged up to just send it to the current perl on the machine. As it is I am already just saying forget it and 'outsourcing' more complicated jobs to batch scripts.