GNU bug report logs - #7475
I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:28:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:59:46 +0800

I wish query-replace-regexp would use perl regexps.
It is already hard enough to get the region and regexp right, and then
one has to think 'how do I write that in old fashioned regexp language."
Why can't it be rigged up to just send it to the current perl on the machine.
As it is I am already just saying forget it and 'outsourcing' more
complicated jobs to batch scripts.
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