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Re: How to re-search for ^"*Nanotechnology*"$


From: Mirko
Subject: Re: How to re-search for ^"*Nanotechnology*"$
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:50:04 -0700
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On Sep 5, 5:41 pm, Eric Hanchrow <off...@blarg.net> wrote:
> >>>>> "Mirko" == Mirko  <mvuko...@nycap.rr.com> writes:
>
>     Mirko> I am doing OK now without rx ...
>
> You just _think_ you are.
>
> Seriously, I think "rx" is one of the best little-known features of
> Emacs; _almost_ any regular expression can be written _much_ more
> clearly with it.  One caveat, though, is that the version in Emacs 22
> has lots more bells and whistles than the version in Emacs 21, so if
> portability is important to you, limit yourself to the Emacs 21
> features (which are _still_ a huge improvement over writing them
> "raw").
>
> --
> Keaton, Chaplin, Garbo - let them now make room for Gromit.
>         A. O. Scott, in The New York Times

Well, what peaked my attention was the "_much_ more clearly" bit.I
will take a look at it then.

Mirko



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