From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31953: [VanL] Re: bug#31953: feature request - `highlight-rx` interactively Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:54:39 +0200 Message-ID: <875zkqsx1c.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="270033"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: 31953@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 15 01:55:24 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iKABQ-00184I-Dh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:55:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKABP-0006G4-By for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:55:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52930) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAB6-0005yH-B0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAB5-0004AC-6n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAB5-0004A3-3k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:55:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAB5-0006YH-0N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:55:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:55:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31953 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 31953-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31953.157109728725144 (code B ref 31953); Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:55:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31953) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Oct 2019 23:54:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42422 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAAp-0006XU-6k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:54:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.231.51] (port=43652 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAAm-0006XL-Ia for 31953@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:54:45 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iKAAh-0005lc-F2 for 31953@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:54:43 +0200 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169335 Archived-At: -------------------- Start of forwarded message -------------------- From: VanL To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Subject: Re: bug#31953: feature request - `highlight-rx` interactively Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:15:38 +1100 >> A usecase is to mark a region or string of few words >> and to call `highlight-rx` which does a verbatim highlight. > >Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you're requesting here. > >highlight-regexp is an alias for hi-lock-face-buffer which just does >some highlighting, as far as I can see. I was wanting to migrate from regexp to rx syntax for highlighting. -------------------- End of forwarded message -------------------- -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no