From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:22:36 +0200 Message-ID: <877d78f59v.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14903"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 41006@debbugs.gnu.org To: jan Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 14:25:28 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPgd-0003el-Ml for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:25:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58630 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPgc-0000Kw-LJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPeI-0004sj-97 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPeH-0000bB-VK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPeH-0005oB-QO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:23:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41006 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 41006-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41006.165123496822281 (code B ref 41006); Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2022 12:22:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51102 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPe3-0005nJ-SH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:37236) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPe1-0005n3-BV for 41006@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:22:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=46gxcXrmZnh53kmd6XDDfWA7RlEOfnu9EVbg6C3CVQE=; b=ScX7zOgnZ4DshTUq47TTo0Rxth 8JJhJi8ENNdFHwW+afWwyeW8LzYvzMvf/ALcigtCH4zCI9OMEyAIZMrXSW9SVV/kOSBgObAFKkBxJ BoF9orEJmAvviQOY0pg9O/gkgaI2lzPcbbrP+73pjH6vjStLbDd4F767T+39l9y6WGNU=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nkPds-0007uH-Qv; Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:22:39 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Colleen's _A Flame My Love, A Frequency_: "Another World" In-Reply-To: (jan's message of "Fri, 1 May 2020 20:06:06 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230950 Archived-At: jan writes: > 1. Suggest emacs' excellent documentation should not distinguish between > Regexps and Regexp Backslash in the manual. > That is, these 2 should be combined: > > * Regexps:: Syntax of regular expressions. > * Regexp Backslash:: Regular expression constructs starting wi= th =E2=80=98\=E2=80=99. > > AFAICS the difference is purely arbitrary. > There have been times I've looked for the syntax for such syntax and > found it only because I knew it was there, but not in the same > section. A beginner might conclude emacs doesn't support them. (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved at the time.) Skimming this bug thread and the two nodes in the Emacs user manual, I don't really see much to improve here. The Emacs user manual is there for users to read to introduce them to concepts and guide them -- it's not a reference manual to look up things like this. Reading those two chapters, it seems like they do that quite well. So I don't think we want to rearrange these chapters, and I'm therefore closing this bug report. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no