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From: weber <hugows@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What does (looking-at "\\>") mean?
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:07:45 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c65260ab-724f-4a77-b326-b696e87559e2@m4g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5745.1232899168.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

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


       reply	other threads:[~2009-01-25 20:07 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 ` weber [this message]
2009-01-26  0:51   ` What does (looking-at "\\>") mean? Wang Lei
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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