GNU bug report logs - #50766
Regexp paren pairs in query-replace-regexp prompt should be highlighted

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:01:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 50766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 50766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50766: Regexp paren pairs in query-replace-regexp prompt
 should be highlighted
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:27:22 +0000

Looks like setting the syntax in the minibuffer fixes this:

(modify-syntax-entry ?\\ "\\" (syntax-table))

So the syntax of \  in the minibuffer should be changed temporarily to
escape-syntax during  read-regexp.
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