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changeset 64915:3e6c73954fda
(Regular Expressions): Document re-builder.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:47:37 +0000 |
| parents | 6ed6c1b79d36 |
| children | d16e2016fc7d |
| files | lispref/searching.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/searching.texi Thu Aug 11 19:47:10 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/searching.texi Thu Aug 11 19:47:37 2005 +0000 @@ -167,6 +167,16 @@ a regexp is a very powerful operation. This section explains how to write regexps; the following section says how to search for them. +@findex re-builder +@cindex authoring regular expressions + For convenient interactive development of regular expressions, you +can use the @kbd{M-x re-builder} command. It provides a convenient +interface for creating regular expressions, by giving immediate visual +feedback in a separate buffer. As you edit the regexp, all its +matches in the target buffer are highlighted. Each parenthesized +sub-expression of the regexp is shown in a distinct face, which makes +it easier to verify even very complex regexps. + @menu * Syntax of Regexps:: Rules for writing regular expressions. * Regexp Example:: Illustrates regular expression syntax.