* incremental regexp search string
@ 2005-12-19 19:43 Robert J. Chassell
2005-12-20 5:32 ` Richard M. Stallman
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From: Robert J. Chassell @ 2005-12-19 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Searching for \[\[ [0-9]+
Currently, when I write to another person telling him of an
incremental regexp search expression with some special constructs used
as ordinary characters, it appears I must say the expression in words:
two left square brackets followed by a space and a number between 0
and 9.
and he must type [[ [0-9]+
On the other hand, for `occur' interactively, I can suggest \[\[ [0-9]+
as an argument that he simply copy.
Specifically, when I try to tell my correspondent that he should seek
\[\[ [0-9]+ an incremental regexp search looks for \\\[\\\[ \[0-9\]\+
which is not what I intend.
An incremental regexp search for [[ [0-9]+ produces \[\[ \[0-9\]\+
which is not what I want either.
I can edit \[\[ \[0-9\]\+ using M-e and the search then succeeds.
Besides editing, is there anything I can do to enable me to send a
message about a specific incremental regexp search? If so we should
document better. Or is my quest a lose?
--
Robert J. Chassell
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