[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If I use M-x replace-regexp followed by > "\(//\)[[:space:]] *" <RET> "\1 " <RET> > the behaviour is correct - replacing any space > between '//' ed comment text > Ex. > //___Text... => //_Text... > where '_' is a space > > If I use the same > replace-regexp "\(//\)[[:space:]] *" "\1 " > in a function no replacing is done - Replaced 0 occurences - > > (defun comment-formatting(start end) > (interactive "*r") > (save-excursion > (save-restriction > (narrow-to-region start end) > (goto-char start) > (replace-regexp "\(//\)[[:space:]] *" "\1 ")))) > > So M-x comment-formatting has differnt behaviour. Why?
It hasn't. Just use C-x ESC ESC after the manual replacement to get a peek at what this did. You'll notice that the backslashes in string syntax have to be doubled. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
