From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8688: 23.2; search-whitespace-regexp not working as documented Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 19:14:00 -0300 Message-ID: References: <4DD30660.7000309@gmail.com> <6wzkmk5vje.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305756911 25983 80.91.229.12 (18 May 2011 22:15:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8688@debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab , Worik Stanton To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 19 00:15:06 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1G-0007XX-Ew for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 May 2011 00:15:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48075 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1F-0005fV-U8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1D-0005ew-Ns for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1C-0000GI-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55630) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1C-0000GE-KR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp1C-0005bA-KA; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8688 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8688-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8688.130575684921443 (code B ref 8688); Wed, 18 May 2011 22:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8688) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 May 2011 22:14:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp0L-0005Zo-I5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp0K-0005Zb-Ts for 8688@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from 213-159-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.159.213]:33701 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMp0F-0005db-BO; Wed, 18 May 2011 18:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 89AE566140; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:14:00 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 18 May 2011 12:20:45 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 18:15:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:46571 Archived-At: >>> 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. Maybe our regexp language should accept \n and \t as escape sequences, i.e. "\t" and "\\t" should match the same things. I know it would be redundant, but in cases such as regexp isearch or the above it can be handy. Stefan