From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: regexp and strings you don't want Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:50:02 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <6c185cf3.0308251145.6af55ffc@posting.google.com> <6c185cf3.0308261013.644386e4@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062174042 21535 80.91.224.253 (29 Aug 2003 16:20:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 18:20:41 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19slzN-00046T-00 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:20:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19slpF-0004VJ-EU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:10:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.26.236 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1062172202 132.204.26.236 (Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:50:02 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:50:02 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116252 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12170 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12170 > That's too bad. I wouldn't have thought it so complicated to have > some function like [^"string"], What would it match, exactly ? There are many different possibilities with very different behavior: match a string different from "string"; match a string which does not include "string" as a submatch; match the empty string if it is not followed by a string that matches "string"; ... > or to list strings as options, maybe > ["dog""cat""turtle"]. These would be quite handy. I don't understand what you want here. How is that different from "dog\\|cat\\|turtle" ? Stefan