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bug#68021: 29.1; disjoinder between re-builder and interactive functions
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Stefan Kangas |
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bug#68021: 29.1; disjoinder between re-builder and interactive functions that consume it |
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Mon, 25 Dec 2023 05:18:22 -0800 |
severity 68021 wishlist
thanks
support <support@vigilancetech.com> writes:
> I built a regexp to strip away everything other than website names from
> a buffer:
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> "\\\\(?:\\\\(?:\\n\\\\|.\\\\)*?\\\\<https?://\\\\(?:[[:alnum:]-]*?\\\\.*\\\\)\\\\([[:alnum:]-]+.[[:alpha:]]+\\\\)/\\\\(\\n\\\\|:.\\\\)*?\\\\)\\\\(?:\\n\\\\|.\\\\)*"
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> I do a C-c C-w to copy it from re-builder.
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> I do a M-x replace-regexp and paste it in with C-y and it needs
> all kinds of finessing to make it work which is a huge PITA!
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> What is the fix? Or does this still need to be implemented? And if it
> hasn't been done yet, why not (as it seems it's been this way for DECADES)?
Does `reb-change-syntax' (bound to `C-c C-i') do the job?