GNU bug report logs - #36354
26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: leo <devel <at> halloleo.hailmail.net>, 36354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36354: 26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 05:16:56 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> leo <devel <at> halloleo.hailmail.net> writes:
>
>>
>> 1. Start `re-builder'.
>> 2. Build a regex in `re-builder'
>> 3. Switch via C-c TAB to "string" syntax .
>> 4. Copy the regex via `reb-copy'
>>
>> The result cannot be pasted in any regex replace prompt, but that is
>> exactly the place where string syntax is used.
>
> This seems like a deliberate feature:
>
> ;; (The compiled string form will be copied by `reb-copy')

I agree it seems to be a deliberate decision, but I'm not so sure it's a
good one.

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