quiroz@cs.rochester.edu (Cesar Quiroz) (12/03/89)
Not quite a bug. This is in 18.55, but has been like this since
I can remember (v15 or v16, eons ago). It just made me waste time
one times too many.
Every now and then I forget the names of re-search-forward and/or
re-search-backward. Invariably, it takes me forever to figure them
out, because I end up giving `M-x apropos' arguments that include
"regexp". (Of course, I could try the obvious `M-x apropos search',
but you get the idea that regexp stuff should be findable by saying
"regexp".) Could it be possible, in future releases, to have
friendly synonyms for them? How about:
(fset 'search-forward-regexp 're-search-forward)
(fset 'search-backward-regexp 're-search-backward)
That wouldn't break anything, I think. While there, a synonym for
string-match that included "regexp" may also help.
Thanks!
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Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez
Department of Computer Science
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627