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From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: "Wicki Gabriel (wicg)" <wicg@zhaw.ch>
Cc: 62814-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62814: [PATCH] Clarify substitute* docstring with an additional example
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:38:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ednn3uvz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZR0P278MB0268B5F3B738F33123BA2F98C1989@ZR0P278MB0268.CHEP278.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (Wicki Gabriel's message of "Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:44:11 +0000")

Hi,

"Wicki Gabriel (wicg)" <wicg@zhaw.ch> skribis:

> From 5ae3c5512e85189a47c859c6128adfd3bfc63159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Gabriel Wicki <gabriel@erlikon.ch>
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:31:57 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] guix: build: utils: Clarify substitute* docstring with an
>  example.
>
> * guix/build/utils.scm (substitute*):  Add an example on how to match
> end-of-line.
> * doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities): Update the corresponding passage.

[...]

>  Be careful about using @code{$} to match the end of a line; by itself it
> -won't match the terminating newline of a line.
> +won't match the terminating newline of a line, e.g. to match a whole
> +line ending with a backslash, one needs a regex like @code{"(.*)\\\\\n$"}.

Applied with a minor tweak and without the (guix build utils) change,
which would entail a world rebuild.

Thanks!

Ludo’.




      reply	other threads:[~2023-05-11 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-13 11:44 [bug#62814] [PATCH] Clarify substitute* docstring with an additional example Wicki Gabriel (wicg)
2023-05-11 12:38 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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