From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Radon Rosborough Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: modern regexes in emacs Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:45:40 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20180616123704.7123f6d7@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1529171118 30624 195.159.176.226 (16 Jun 2018 17:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: perry@piermont.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 16 19:45:14 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fUFGD-0007pJ-ME for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:45:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52344 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fUFIK-0001ao-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:47:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fUFHH-0001MM-Bn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fUFHG-0002hc-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:46:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22a]:33703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fUFHG-0002gP-3z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:46:18 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id y20-v6so19028151lfy.0 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:46:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=SmNcqI/bYl30caqUSP3zEys/jMut28CPe4qSfzLorg0=; b=FoLful+W+coK20qCVMRsjJPE0+S4L2w8cnmNOH3BKgPdwUHQGuIF8IyS+yJxa7HnpF 4sbFLS6WtGJEooiOpRdpjQ+GuRTIEEOocbhjvNBPTFcn9d5M8koEMUyQ3gnGLUeOcUZ5 Mj4Qmns/fqoqJV0bWDxHase+RW52iWNNwaFAsthP6waEs7swVViKbolCiRKktHEGHWlI Hjmvm3VljteBSkKpSTZsis9SVjVHa8P9KIHXD/1kb9z2x6qz2rwwfK4hVhvVJDXvg1Bh rCsMLT44rYaGCYqoX5kVjOed47ZDnWOC1wRQ3XkUnbDPxoBcVKU5/0PIwziNx5S/J19c FL6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SmNcqI/bYl30caqUSP3zEys/jMut28CPe4qSfzLorg0=; b=NJa10dwXQGv3nj4LxOOM+Z2ILQwH98ocauWH60C321Q1pHPa2nIdzHS27lOu5XgtTO 7BPABX07KA5Wvgm20cifmxeFVq+jtiykdgcDACp7uiW8mYUOwMc7obPSMTkf1p8pN+ue HfZYGphOBVRjq8sbzzxUDSYzssk4/5RZPuOcP9MpdX8vqoYSWFLWvJVAxPnh1UMV+1Ik C+Myb8Or29mRJqvatvzp/ibBSvj1Jttc3f1/+R0Zuw7FDP4IbW9gIUPl2T4Y2gRCxNua zI0T5ct7NIV5htWpou83ByjibBiuwbVsy7koEYpyvgvhlPv2xN6kUZs/KJAUaTrkS8WJ WBIw== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2EsZCcihyNDehIVK/0nDj+ZObwrB/e19vdUOBhjwX7RU2oKLGM t4EB+uzfQmvAcZ7WQapXDbH5/07dDgumgB6jO6o+D6Le X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJElpWs7dT0ClJRffl+9fGuc2evDCRv16aan+kZCkundNFypGBKHWOgWiVtej7AKCCLec1a5iORi+RCvUL7Xic= X-Received: by 2002:a19:5483:: with SMTP id b3-v6mr3172281lfl.128.1529171176547; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:46:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180616123704.7123f6d7@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::22a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:226385 Archived-At: > I think, someday, it would be nice if users could select modern > regex syntax instead of the very very old-fashioned and awkward Emacs > regex syntax I agree. See https://github.com/benma/visual-regexp-steroids.el, which implements this.