GNU bug report logs - #36496
[PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 12:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 31698

Found in version 27.0

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 19:56:30 -0400

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  > >> It is about 7-8 pages in all.

Would it be feasible to format it differently so that it comes out as
fewer pages?  That might be possible by using Texinfo a different way.
Or perhaps not.  That is why I am asking.

Here's another idea: document the two syntaxes in a single table,
where each item says how to do the job in a regexp
and how to do it in rx.

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