Re: modern regexes in emacs

[Jay Kamat]

On February 15, 2019 3:33:17 PM PST, "Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Look, the old syntax was replaced by the Unix people in the early
>1980s because it was garbage. Everyone uses the new syntax, and
>everyone is used to it. Sure, new doesn't always mean better, but in
>this case, yes, the newer regex syntax is a whole lot better, not to
>mention that it's what everyone on earth is used to.

I started using Emacs less than 4 years ago (so I could probably consider 
myself a 'modern user'), and I honestly find the new syntax much more 
confusing. I have never used the flags in those programs to get the new syntax, 
and I have seen those flags in a shrinking minority of shell scripts. I find 
the new syntax much more unreadable and arcane than the original, although the 
original is difficult by itself.

I don't oppose adding more syntaxes, but I will never willingly use the new 
format personally.
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