bug#36354: 26.1; In re-builder the command `reb-copy' doesn't copy the regex correctly in string mode, Recipe

[leo]

That 's why I filed the bug. 

You'd expect that the copy function adapts to the syntax mode the builder is in. 

On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, at 7:17 PM, Noam Postavsky wrote:

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> leo <devel@halloleo.hailmail.net> writes:

>

>>

>> 1. Start `re-builder'.

>> 2. Build a regex in `re-builder'

>> 3. Switch via C-c TAB to "string" syntax .

>> 4. Copy the regex via `reb-copy'

>>

>> The result cannot be pasted in any regex replace prompt, but that is

>> exactly the place where string syntax is used.

>

> This seems like a deliberate feature:

>

> ;; (The compiled string form will be copied by `reb-copy')

I agree it seems to be a deliberate decision, but I'm not so sure it's a

good one.