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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Message #8 received at 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 36496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#36496: [PATCH] Describe the rx notation in the lisp manual
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 07:59:31 -0700 (PDT)

> The rx notation is useful and complex enough to merit inclusion in the
> manual.
>
> Right now, it's mainly described in the `rx' doc string, which is fairly
> well-written but quite long and a bit unstructured. Describing it in the
> manual permits a different pace and style of exposition, the inclusion of
> examples and related information, structured into separate sections with
> cross-references.

Indeed.  Bonne initiative !
Thanks for working on this.

Like `cl-loop' and Unix or GNU/Linux `find',
`rx' is practically a language unto itself.
But fortunately (unlike `cl-loop') it is
quite Lispy.
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