Re: Regexps (was Re: Invalid Operating System)

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On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 07:16:52PM +0100, demerphq wrote:
> On 12/17/06, Robert Rothenberg <robrwo@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> >I rather hate that I do have to learn annoying (and inconsistent)
> >differences between regexp implementations in different applications, for
> >example, Perl vs Emacs regexps.
> 
> Well, the two come from different eras so its hardly surprising that
> they dont match. I mean you'd find it hard to read English from the
> 15th century, and someone from the 15th century would have the same
> troubles reading modern English.
> 
> To me using the ancient regexp syntax that emacs uses is about as
> sensible as it would be to provide all the config and help pages in
> 15th century English.

Oh. So that's what info pages are! I never knew. 15th century man pages.

Nicholas Clark

• Re: Regexps (was Re: Invalid Operating System) demerphq 18:16 on 17 Dec 2006
  • Robert Rothenberg 20:27 on 17 Dec 2006
    • Yoz Grahame 07:07 on 18 Dec 2006
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    • H.Merijn Brand 07:32 on 18 Dec 2006
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  • Nicholas Clark 09:11 on 18 Dec 2006
    • David Landgren 10:20 on 18 Dec 2006

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