# HG changeset patch # User Gerd Moellmann # Date 952868968 0 # Node ID 2fc1959fa99d67b5860ac761f28bd4eaf3249c86 # Parent 5d7390b72a440eae1320c98b706d1d590ec62fe8 *** empty log message *** diff -r 5d7390b72a44 -r 2fc1959fa99d etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Sun Mar 12 13:45:25 2000 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Sun Mar 12 13:49:28 2000 +0000 @@ -832,6 +832,21 @@ ** New modes and packages +*** The new command M-x re-builder offers a convenient interface for +authoring regular expressions with immediate visual feedback. + +The buffer from which the command was called becomes the target for +the regexp editor popping up in a separate window. Matching text in +the target buffer is immediately color marked during the editing. +Each sub-expression of the regexp will show up in a different face so +even complex regexps can be edited and verified on target data in a +single step. + +On displays not supporting faces the matches instead blink like +matching parens to make them stand out. On such a setup you will +probably also want to use the sub-expression mode when the regexp +contains such to get feedback about their respective limits. + *** glasses-mode is a minor mode that makes unreadableIdentifiersLikeThis readable. It works as glasses, without actually modifying content of a buffer. diff -r 5d7390b72a44 -r 2fc1959fa99d lisp/ChangeLog --- a/lisp/ChangeLog Sun Mar 12 13:45:25 2000 +0000 +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog Sun Mar 12 13:49:28 2000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2000-03-12 Detlev Zundel + + * emacs-lisp/re-builder.el (reb-re-syntax): Fix typo in `:type'. + Fix comment. + 2000-03-10 Stefan Monnier * font-lock.el (font-lock-keywords): Fix the doc now that diff -r 5d7390b72a44 -r 2fc1959fa99d src/ChangeLog Binary file src/ChangeLog has changed