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

From: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 50766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50766: Regexp paren pairs in query-replace-regexp prompt
 should be highlighted
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:28:46 +0000

>
> I think that it would help users a lot when constructing regexps, so it
> would be very welcome.

I wonder if it could be a generic feature which besides working in the
minibuffer for regexps would also work when typing escaped parens in
in strings, e.g. when using a string regexp in a program:

   "stuff ( \\(  ) "

Here it could indicate the mismatching parens.
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