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From: Wang Lei <wanglei.198112@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What does (looking-at "\\>") mean?
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:51:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0a0cf140901251651k142533bn3f5d11ed833b86ad@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c65260ab-724f-4a77-b326-b696e87559e2@m4g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>

I searched in elisp-info, but forgot emacs-info. :( Now, I got it.
Thanks for your all!

On 1/25/09, weber <hugows@gmail.com> wrote:
> From the emacs info on regexps:
>
> `\>'
>      matches the empty string, but only at the end of a word.  `\>'
>      matches at the end of the buffer only if the contents end with a
>      word-constituent character.
>
> HTH
> Hugo
>
> Wang Lei wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I copied a piece of code like this:
>>
>> (defun my-indent-or-complete ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (if (looking-at "\\>")
>>       (hippie-expand nil)
>>     (indent-for-tab-command)))
>>
>> But, I can't figure out what this "\\>" means. Could someone give me a
>> explanation ?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Lei
>


-- 
Regards
Lei




  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-26  0:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.5745.1232899168.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-25 20:07 ` What does (looking-at "\\>") mean? weber
2009-01-26  0:51   ` Wang Lei [this message]
2009-01-26  7:00     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-01-27  2:20       ` Wang Lei
2009-01-25 15:38 Wang Lei
2009-01-25 16:52 ` Drew Adams

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