bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for asking, I thought it was clear.
>
> You're welcome.
>
>> Why should that regexp be used to make buffer names? It is probably a
>> regexp that has been used for matching strings in buffers.
>
> Why is it "probably" that?
>
> I use regexps interactively all over the place.  Matching text in a buffer is
> only one use.

Can you give examples of other interactive uses, please? That might
make it easier to know what we are really talking about.