From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 15:04:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <64E29F93-5A92-4F8D-9BA2-C6F14AEC2F64@acm.org> <824a1116-8e91-409f-95ff-69ef168a359d@default> <87k11s221z.fsf@stefankangas.se> <032f1835-d4ca-47c7-a8bb-3f4628a820a8@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="52902"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= , 41006@debbugs.gnu.org, rtm443x@googlemail.com To: Drew Adams , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 05 21:05:24 2020 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 1jW2sd-000Dbn-M7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 21:05:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47056 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2sc-0008IT-NV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:05:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2sJ-0008Hk-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2sI-0002ao-CL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2sI-00023Z-7l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 19:05:02 +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=B41006.15887054737828 (code B ref 41006); Tue, 05 May 2020 19:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 May 2020 19:04:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37512 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2rp-00022B-9s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:04:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-f170.google.com ([209.85.219.170]:42185) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jW2rn-00021e-SM for 41006@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2020 15:04:32 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-f170.google.com with SMTP id i16so1828640ybq.9 for <41006@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 05 May 2020 12:04:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=i+bKqqj9cX/iP2hrDlTLUHLESbev7LAie2oewHL1glo=; b=TI/q76qgYay/+wJrOpZaFbDFEhDPbsvY57HCrA7qKEUv28yC5vcpecJBiI8kUBkEc1 HpLEqlPofpzj5jXHyR/ePAOX2B3dM/3bYl/hpRQVNLXg9Px0WGs/9tggTD+NJMr2EAsv f6mhpDyD56p4+wEIzV7ipNTWLV3XQ9Aregf3JZzIU41vt2G3lW/wdxGg1kpY/ch8gate 3kD0H+E+xTf4sKRW2SEu3fe4C5RHz76sx9u5PBPn91NpLDn9+0gADMjDuO++Je2kJV8e Lzqi1ihvN4qUdq9exPybuL626aXZPKuAbTV8+hIxlc7g91WV/hpSkl9KtSQUKaiVQVQs S6Iw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYyvr80ZochQzlCn+V+Y3fieGrItxGkkeMdS/shnrq7qtAaC1vU dNA66vNTyAQHvUixK6el2ak/KeapHYOvBF03f0I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypK8iZ77vaRUVELU7nSptjLPFkerFaT9ipS9FNbWA2vfMpKWWoOIGNDcvC2m6z1fM55wCFCSn3oBKLBSSh7MB0g= X-Received: by 2002:a25:c646:: with SMTP id k67mr7145841ybf.309.1588705466365; Tue, 05 May 2020 12:04:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Tue, 5 May 2020 15:04:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <032f1835-d4ca-47c7-a8bb-3f4628a820a8@default> 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:179766 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > IOW, separate using regexps (searching and matching) > from details about what regexps are and what their > syntax is. This is the exact opposite of what I proposed, I think. I argued that keeping them together would be more user-friendly and pedagogical. Could you expand on why keeping them separate is better, in your opinion? Best regards, Stefan Kangas