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From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: New function: rcd-highlight-list
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 17:15:26 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8Xy5xO4jUVMJdrsm6Tu9iQHha89EEfmAbN-95DV2wWJFQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210519075254.GF7028@tuxteam.de>

On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 14:53, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> > >> > >     (while list
> > >> > >       (highlight-regexp (pop list) (pop highlights)))))

> > > Perhaps the function `regexp-quote' is built for you :)
> >
> > I think you mistyped `regexp-opt`.
>
> Always taking things to the next level.
>
> But yes, you're right: the whole while loop above would collapse
> in a puff of pink smoke or something ;-)

Not exactly: the while loop above generates puffs of pink, yellow,
green, blue, and black smoke, so you’d lose functionality if you
collapsed it to a single (highlight-regexp (regexp-opt …) …).



  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-19 10:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-18 17:08 New function: rcd-highlight-list Jean Louis
2021-05-18 17:27 ` tomas
2021-05-18 17:43   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-18 18:47     ` tomas
2021-05-18 20:13       ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-19  7:52         ` tomas
2021-05-19 10:15           ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2021-05-19 10:31             ` tomas
2021-05-19 10:27           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-18 20:14       ` Jean Louis

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