GNU bug report logs - #6390
Should not regexp-quote quote newline?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6390 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6390: Should not regexp-quote quote newline?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:22:43 +0200

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Would it not be more practical if the result was "a\nb"?
>>>>
>>>> That's exactly what you get.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> "a\\nb"
>>
>> This is a totally different regexp.
>
> ;-)
>
> Depends on how u "read" it.

If you want a print representation then use print.

Andreas.

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