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Re: how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now?


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now?
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:13:48 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

hw wrote:

>> > > > (("\\`/[^/]*:\\([^/]*/\\)*\\([^/]*\\)\\'" "/tmp/\\2" t))
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > Yes --- I didn't see that because that expression is so unreadable.
>> 
>> To some it is readable, to some not. It takes some practice.
>
> I'm sure there are 5 people for whom it's easily readable.  For others,
> it would be helpful if the description would explain what the default
> is supposed to match and if it would have same useful examples.

If you don't know it, easier examples first, yet.

But there is no need for explanations as you call, rather
a syntax list what it means. You don't need more than that,
just look up everything you don't understand until you don't
have to because your brain has it memorized.

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