From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tools for those working heavily with strings Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:20:47 +0000 Message-ID: <87fsiqhck0.fsf@posteo.net> References: <3BF84EBF-B87A-49B2-9B0A-AE196B42F2DC@gnu.support> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17780"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: carlmarcos@tutanota.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 24 15:21:28 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1oFbXz-0004SX-PO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:21:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45386 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oFbXy-0006zA-Kg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:21:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33822) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oFbXV-0006z2-Fo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:20:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:50491) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oFbXT-0000Cu-DM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:20:57 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56595240026 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:20:48 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1658668851; bh=T9vbBsdZotz9gKwJDSQUtBXCvGizWidTJAjZa9QnYHc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=gFmDIonHC7GTUEx6OX0+i+K+1YWY9LSgEPBHKwLgp63atRtwu5SaMDu1QMPt6A6xk P34AN3cS77gMTXkJrCiDpEXDAhA+7TMPkZYb0e1baVv9zo7qgJltwicbjcIrWr9a06 ZKs563StijqmaZsB0EkrJ239TJXR4vUG41t2gCJNAuAsh7tny+z9jq1wtTN7EXsypV Qk5CvOC5ixiefziODtfahetoTzx6vDrU4KGDQ2FGN6E0K0RagybwIWDEXt8Bv5EbLE 2d8k4ph/TvNYFYIGebKquBmc2ER5GQ3IppuxuE44Qp/PK+ixpOYE1wYERj8AcUyv0e Ce/dSnlWskxag== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4LrP1r19Bdz6tmJ; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:20:48 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:17:48 +0200") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138593 Archived-At: tomas@tuxteam.de writes: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 01:42:14PM +0200, carlmarcos@tutanota.com wrote: >> Jul 24, 2022, 11:26 by tomas@tuxteam.de: >> >> > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 01:12:39PM +0200, carlmarcos--- via Users >> > list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: >> > >> > [...] >> > >> >> I'd appreciate if emacs could provide a minimum set of functions >> >> to manipulate list, >> >> as string manipulations are of good use. >> >> >> > >> > Why do you always refuse to read the docs? >> > >> >> What can be introduced, you think? >> >> >> > >> > What is missing, from your point of view? >> > >> What can I use to test whether a string in composed of whitespace or is empty? > > Try (string-match-p "^[[:space:]]*$" your-string-here) Or `string-empty-p'. > If you want it to only match "horizontal white space" (i.e. no newlines, > no vertical tabs), try :blank: instead. > > Cheers