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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Message #44 received at 6390 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 6390 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#6390: Should not regexp-quote quote newline?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:00:51 +0200

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> That the regexp-quoted string includes the new line character instead
>> of the two chararcers \n.
>
> How does that fit into the purpose of regexp-quote?

Yes, that is a good question. That is why I said I am not sure and
maybe there should be another function to do that backslash quoting I
am asking for.
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