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From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Allowing spaces in the regexp for outlines
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:59:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878r2c41tm.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: kWm1y4IWjqpWxPmg_vSFkrqMczioL1j0hSSPURzSgPkFHRjMOAeGKdSmARR_mgoczo6wU4GTVGyo1XyaDhjgd9rvBE3Of3sguSvfNDObwb0=@protonmail.com

Heime wrote:

>> You can also use `comment-start' instead of hardcoding ';',
>> and use explicit repitition instead of hardcoding 3 - see
>> 
>> (info "(elisp) Regexp Backslash")
>> 
>> - and then also not hardcode the 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s in pairs
>> but inserting them as integers into the string.
>> 
>> So yes, you can improve a lot! And spend all weekend on it.
>
> This is not about improving existing functionality

It is about improving your skills?

> bet allowing aty number of spaces between ;;; and H.

I already wrote, but it didn't appear,

  For oh to arbitrary repetition, see * described here

    (info "(elisp) Regexp Special")

  For whitespace, see [:blank:] here.

    (info "(elisp) Char Classes")

  Or just use it the way you have it, hardcoded whitespace,
  which is also fine.

-- 
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal




  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-21  4:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-20 19:24 Allowing spaces in the regexp for outlines Heime
2024-03-20 19:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-03-21  4:44   ` Heime
2024-03-21  4:59     ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2024-03-21  5:08   ` Heime
2024-03-21  6:40     ` Heime
2024-03-21 19:52       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-03-21  4:32 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-03-21  4:49   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-03-22 12:56     ` Arash Esbati
2024-03-22 15:39       ` Heime
2024-03-27 19:12   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-03-27 19:32     ` Heime

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