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Re: include Ada Reference Manual info files in ada-mode ELPA package?


From: Stephen Leake
Subject: Re: include Ada Reference Manual info files in ada-mode ELPA package?
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:26:40 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt)

Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:

>> >> Please use \` and \' instead of ^ and $.
>> > What is the rationale for that?
>> File names can contain newlines.
>> > Is it documented somewhere?
>> 
>> (info "(Emacs) Regexps")
>> ‘^’
>> ‘$’
>> 
>> and (info "(Emacs) Regexp Backslash")
>> ‘\`’
>> ‘\'’
>
> It seems like this is a fairly common question/misunderstanding.
> ^ and $ were even used in the Emacs source code for a long time
> in places where \` and \' are more appropriate.
>
> It would be good to add cross-refs here (both directions), and to
> explicitly point out what the difference is, and that while the
> effect can sometimes be similar, \`...\' is often what you want
> when matching strings.

The elisp manual is better for this than the Emacs manual; I suggest the
Emacs manual section on regexp be replaced by a cross-reference to the
elisp manual.

-- 
-- Stephe



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