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bug#7475: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#7475: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps |
Date: |
Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:32:23 +0200 |
jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
> I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps.
> It is already hard enough to get the region and regexp right, and then
> one has to think 'how do I write that in old fashioned regexp language."
> Why can't it be rigged up to just send it to the current perl on the machine.
> As it is I am already just saying forget it and 'outsourcing' more
> complicated jobs to batch scripts.
Sending every regular expression to an external executable would add a
new dependency and likely affect performance badly.
To do this reasonably would presumably require significant work on the
regular expression engine, and a good plan for making the change. Many
users are very used to the current regular expressions Emacs use.
Maybe a better option is to develop something like this as an external
package?
I would suggest to close this as wontfix.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
- bug#7475: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps,
Stefan Kangas <=