From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now?
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:13:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bky0oscj.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2555abdd3813f67d08230e809526bc4c6f45087b.camel@adminart.net
hw wrote:
>> > > > (("\\`/[^/]*:\\([^/]*/\\)*\\([^/]*\\)\\'" "/tmp/\\2" t))
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > Yes --- I didn't see that because that expression is so unreadable.
>>
>> To some it is readable, to some not. It takes some practice.
>
> I'm sure there are 5 people for whom it's easily readable. For others,
> it would be helpful if the description would explain what the default
> is supposed to match and if it would have same useful examples.
If you don't know it, easier examples first, yet.
But there is no need for explanations as you call, rather
a syntax list what it means. You don't need more than that,
just look up everything you don't understand until you don't
have to because your brain has it memorized.
--
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-21 4:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-14 4:55 how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now? hw
2022-03-14 12:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-15 5:20 ` hw
2022-03-15 6:47 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-15 7:24 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-17 4:35 ` hw
2022-03-17 5:00 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-18 7:31 ` hw
2022-03-18 14:45 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-03-19 2:33 ` hw
2022-03-19 2:38 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-15 14:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-16 0:51 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-16 1:45 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-03-17 19:23 ` hw
2022-03-17 22:07 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-18 8:28 ` hw
2022-03-19 1:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-19 3:14 ` hw
2022-03-19 3:47 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-19 6:24 ` hw
2022-03-19 7:34 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-19 7:51 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-20 6:02 ` hw
2022-03-20 6:26 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-19 9:58 ` Michael Albinus
2022-03-20 6:36 ` hw
2022-03-20 7:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-21 16:22 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-03-20 7:29 ` tomas
2022-03-20 8:05 ` volatile /tmp [was: how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now?] tomas
2022-03-20 10:36 ` hw
2022-03-20 11:13 ` tomas
2022-03-21 3:41 ` hw
2022-03-21 5:53 ` tomas
2022-03-21 8:47 ` Michael Albinus
2022-03-20 9:57 ` how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now? Michael Albinus
2022-03-20 10:21 ` tomas
2022-03-20 10:19 ` hw
2022-03-20 10:30 ` tomas
2022-03-21 3:55 ` hw
2022-03-21 4:13 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-03-21 12:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-23 6:12 ` hw
2022-03-23 9:25 ` Michael Albinus
2022-03-20 0:21 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-20 4:56 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-20 7:39 ` hw
2022-03-20 8:08 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-22 7:06 ` hw
2022-03-22 19:50 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-22 21:45 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-21 7:22 ` Jean Louis
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