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Article #879looking-at-backward
From: Jonas Jaernestroem TG/HK
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:10
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:10
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In GNU Emacs 18.57.2 on a Sun Sparc SLC running 4.1.1 BSD. The looking-at function is very handy to spot arbitrary regular expressions at point. I would like to have its backward counterpart as well. I guess it *is* possible to do with re-search-backward but then you have to compute the stop limit (not always so easy for reg exps) before calling it. Jonas Jaernestroem Ericsson Telecom Sweden. jonas@ericad.ericsson.se
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ericad.ericsson.SE!jonas From: jonas@ericad.ericsson.SE (Jonas Jaernestroem TG/HK) Subject: looking-at-backward Message-ID: <9212211325.AA16839@gimli.ericsson.se> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:10:58 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 11