From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Shortening words in region Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 18:19:33 +0000 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33924"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 13 20:20:38 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 1oMvkU-0008cj-4L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:20:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47088 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMvkS-0006bc-U4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 14:20:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50014) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMvjk-0006bT-NF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 14:19:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.24]:47807) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oMvjg-0004TV-Af for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2022 14:19:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1660414786; x=1660673986; bh=xGjBz/IXT3K8hEVk43LkYWXyYmZK8TE0pErpFTqgUfw=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=Qq+gZBNkyRagDBruw8YTox0dQm5nTgr0t6/M3wDL4fW5XVQ6wGtwq0L0b640MnE3t xQ/zMKzix753fQZoEh1oBPYy8uNvEFYbI+Z2GIp8Z4TvAF78Xl9KwmQ0mS7HlXvm7I vmIvdTjembDevT2WMF7cWVWD3eRKcrTdeVV8EGEdPrh6sf+3WH2BHwOwiHdoPMd3hs n5/nj7DyVv061NgPC46gDFtQHpaijrMyag+cN284j2oVpCrFbQVtR9jHBVzQeLgNpL kQWEsjgoasEg5Q457oX7oRbkh2a60H/R6rqyf2eSz/tsPA5tNtHwWdSa+SHok7DHdu EeNxF0JkMRVGw== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.24; envelope-from=uzibalqa@proton.me; helo=mail-4324.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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:138847 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, August 13th, 2022 at 5:42 PM, Jean Louis wr= ote: > * uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor help-gnu-emacs@gn= u.org [2022-08-13 19:34]: > > > Have been working on shortening words. But doing so on a word by > > word basis is quite slow. Thusly I am writing a version that accepts > > a selected region. > > > > This function uses a selected region, then changes initial parts oy > > words (replacing matching cog, col, com, con, cor, coun, and cum > > with the letter "k". > > > (rx (zero-or-more (or "col" "cog" "com" "con" "cor" "coun" "cum"))) = =E2=87=92 "\\(?:c\\(?:o\\(?:un\\|[glmnr]\\)\\|um\\)\\)*" > > {C-h f rx RET} > > -- > Jean Like below? (insert (replace-regexp-in-string (rx (zero-or-more (or "col" "cog" "com" "con" "cor" "coun" "cum"))) "k" word))