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Re: Introducing a regexp in a docstring brings up M-x
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: Introducing a regexp in a docstring brings up M-x |
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Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:52:04 +0200 |
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On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:36:05 +0000 Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:
> I have introduced the following in the function docstring
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> 1. First Capturing Group \*\\(\\s-*\\[\\-\\]\\s-*\\)\*
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> Why do I get M-x cropping up ?
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> 1. First Capturing Group "\(\s-*\M-x \-\\\s-*\)"
This is because in doc strings the string "\\[COMMAND]" is converted by
substitute-command-keys either into the key sequence bound to COMMAND or
else into "M-x COMMAND", as in your case. To avoid this, use the escape
sequence "\\=": "1. First Capturing Group \\(\\s-*\\=\\[\\-\\]\\s-*\\)".
Steve Berman