From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3820: 23.0.96; Emacs Lisp typo Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:59:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <907065090907110341k26ce5e6dk46e7ebcdb4bb9b99@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Andreas Schwab , 3820@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247318271 14141 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2009 13:17:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:17:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 3820@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: waterloo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 11 15:17:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MPcSV-0005e6-DO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:17:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43886 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MPcSU-0003it-Gh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MPcSO-0003hj-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MPcSJ-0003cB-7Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41443 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MPcSI-0003bx-TO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59834) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MPcSI-0000N6-Ew for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6BDHR1f024766; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:17:28 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6BD54Sq022006; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:05:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:05:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3820 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.124731719521057 (code B ref -1); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:05:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 11 Jul 2009 12:59:55 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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In-Reply-To: <907065090907110341k26ce5e6dk46e7ebcdb4bb9b99@mail.gmail.com> (waterloo's message of "Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:41:54 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:35 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29321 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24770 Archived-At: waterloo writes: > In 34.3.1.1 Emacs Lisp Reference , > Note that `\' also has special meaning in the read syntax of Lisp > strings (*note String Type::), and must be quoted with `\'. For > example, the regular expression that matches the `\' character is > `\\'. To write a Lisp string that contains the characters `\\', > Lisp syntax requires you to quote each `\' with another `\'. > Therefore, the read syntax for a regular expression matching `\' > is `"\\\\"'. > The last sentence , it should be " .... matching `\\' is `"\\\\"' ". No, that string matches only a single backslash when interpreted as a regexp. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."