From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 8688@debbugs.gnu.org, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#8688: 23.2; search-whitespace-regexp not working as documented
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 12:20:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gqzkmkc74y.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DD30660.7000309@gmail.com>
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I think you're being confused by the way customize treats regexps (it
>> confuses me as well; I'm not sure it is helpful).
>
> They are just literal strings, without lisp-level quoting.
I know, but I find it confusing, and it seems others do too (eg this;
also bug#2666). It makes it difficult to write doc-strings for 'regexp
defcustoms, as we see in both of these cases.
>> Oh, it's not possible to type a TAB, or ctrl-M, or newline, in a custom
>> field
>
> C-q works fine.
Yes, but that's not what the doc says people should type, and IMO
"ctrl-q ctrl-j" is a lot more confusing than "\n", especially in an
interface that is supposed to make life easier.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-18 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-17 23:36 bug#8688: 23.2; search-whitespace-regexp not working as documented Worik Stanton
2011-05-18 7:15 ` Glenn Morris
2011-05-18 8:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-05-18 16:20 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-05-18 22:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-18 19:29 ` Unknown
2021-12-04 20:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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