Re: [Bug-ed] Searching for multiple matches with \+ isn't working

[Brian Zwahr]

Thanks for the response. I didn't realize any of that. The GNU ed manual makes 
no mention of that on the Regular Expressions page. It just lists \+ as valid. 
Does the manual need to be updated to include this information? Additionally, 
I've checked `info ed` and I don't see anything about extensions or only having 
access to things like \+ conditionally based upon how ed was compiled or 
installed. Am I just not seeing it in the info? Which page is it on?

https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html#Regular-expressions


On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, at 3:07 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> ed uses Posix basic REs, and the use of \+ in basic REs to get the effect of 
> + in extended REs is a non-Posix extension.  See 
> <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_05_01>,
>  where there is no mention of \+ except its use in extended REs.  The same is 
> true of escaped ?, (, ), |, {.
> 
> The `info ed` command documents that exactly which regular expression 
> characters work depends on the regex package with which ed was built.
> 
> -- 
> John Cowan          http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan        address@hidden
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> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 3:52 PM Brian Zwahr <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I'm having an issue where using \+ to search for multiple matches isn't 
>> working. Am I doing something wrong?
>>  
>>  I have GNU ed 1.14.2 installed on the latest macOS through Homebrew 
>> (https://brew.sh). Homebrew installed the executable as ged instead of ed, 
>> to not overtake the BSD ed that ships with macOS. I mention this so you 
>> understand why the command I'm running is ged instead of ed.
>>  
>>  I see that 1.15 is in pre-release, but I don't see this issue addressed in 
>> the changelogs I'm seeing in the archives of this list.
>>  
>>  Here are steps to reproduce:
>>  
>>  $ ged -v
>>  # Let's add a couple of lines.
>>  a
>>  foobar
>>  bazfoo
>>  .
>>  # Great! Now, let's search for "o".
>>  g/o/
>>  foobar
>>  bazfoo
>>  # Both lines match. Perfect. Now, let's search for multiple "o"s.
>>  g/o\+/
>>  # Not found? :-(
>>  q
>>  ?
>>  Warning: buffer modified
>>  q
>>  
>>  Proof of version:
>>  
>>  $ ged -V
>>  GNU ed 1.14.2
>>  Copyright (C) 1994 Andrew L. Moore.
>>  Copyright (C) 2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
>>  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 
>> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>>  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>>  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>>  
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