Re: `align-regexp' fails in Lisp code

[Michael Heerdegen]

Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> writes:

> Two positions make a region, hence the call:
>
>     (align-regexp (point-min) (point-max) " hides ")
>
> is correct.
>
> The problem is that - I had to look into Lisp code to understand - the
> regexp that you enter in the mini-buffer is not the regexp that
> align-regexp' receives, because of a conversion applied by the
> interactive' form inside the command.  Hence I agree with you - but
> for a different reason - that the documentation should say how the
> command could be called from Lisp.

Interesting.  Do you also understand why

  (align-regexp (point-min) (point-max) " hides ")

is illegitimate?  After having read the doc, I don't understand why this
call must lead to an error.


Regards,

Michael.