From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Mastro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: use Elisp to improve your Elisp - some code issues Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:59:29 -0700 Message-ID: References: <871tfmwk8v.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87pp353doq.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> <871tfhtibx.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438822803 16606 80.91.229.3 (6 Aug 2015 01:00:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 01:00:03 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 06 03:00:02 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZN9XN-0001yx-AW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 03:00:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42948 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZN9XM-00026Y-7K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:00:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50212) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZN9XC-00026M-VP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 20:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZN9XC-0002Nj-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 20:59:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::230]:35905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZN9XB-0002Nb-Ta for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 20:59:50 -0400 Original-Received: by obnw1 with SMTP id w1so44660182obn.3 for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:59:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=/JMpC8F8AbJwCehAl1ZA1y9oRRwJDlGtl1d6OpnsatY=; b=YY+uSSNeZeHYlz93rJyR9/Dn+Tgvj+P4EyptY462KCPB4I2i6g9Aw74GLm8N3SU3WQ HJjF4TR2wkSeHN4uUXwQVjgDi7QDSNaQA13Bnfvuu5Sm16uqk9R8xXmgJYBSsQ1Pq5IK k7KedWiSdDGtAVD4KMKoDgdy9ZHiQJH4mVfTYZlAVKOlF8OiuERSeaaG/fK1lY2sl7YS XBP5nGnACvHeJXLPIffmiKZcr/TZaxWTEAJAQt8wH1PdaCW+diqPCMbQJviPX0iNDPM9 depSZ4gsgIzdXaulxz6tGthllR7f2/KcRuHAH8K6XU8ErH8KtwYUmXCAUzByRPSRajtn 8D3w== X-Received: by 10.182.112.163 with SMTP id ir3mr10513684obb.44.1438822788865; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.168.70 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:59:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871tfhtibx.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::230 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106278 Archived-At: > If you read the code, you find the two most important > functions are `regexp-hits-find-hit' and > `search-regexp-in-files'. regexp means regexps! > That there are examples - which work - applied on Lisp > files don't change that. > > Now, it doesn't say *one word* about re-parsing or > otherwise analyzing the code with respect imbecile, > ten million times accursed computer science theory. > > If you want to do that - just do it! See if I will > come and have 42 degrees of expedition fever and > purposely misunderstand and be all negativistic. > Of course, I will not - and why do you think that is? Where you see negativity I think you could also see people who found your idea interesting and are discussing ways it could be taken further. There's no slight in that - on the contrary, I'd say it's a compliment! -- john