Questions tagged [backslash]
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Yasnippet including backslash
I would like to use Yasnippet to insert the template for a latex inline equation: \( \)
The snippet is defined:
# -*- Mode: snippet -*-
# name: inline equation
# key: ineq
# --
\( \)
But Yasnippet inserts only the parentheses ( ) without the…
Snelephant
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How can I insert the backslash character ( \ ) before quotation marks (" ") in Emacs?
I am running Emacs and writing on the scratch-buffer. This is my config file.
After executing describe-mode, this is the list of minor modes running:
Enabled minor modes: Auto-Composition Auto-Compression Auto-Encryption
Blink-Cursor Column-Number…
Pedro Delfino
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flush-lines fails in script but works when called otherwise
I'm very new to programming in Elisp so maybe the mistake is there but I'm completely stuck right now.
I wanted to make a small, simple Elisp function to remove the AUTOs from my Verilog files so I don't commit those lines to our git repository…
Rice
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re-search-forward Regex behavior for OR boolean
We usually use \| to depict OR in Regex. Using a\|b as input to Regexp I-search and Occur both gave the desired result. But re-search-forward seems unable to recognize this notation.
abcdcba
(re-search-forward "a\|b")
;; Search failed: "a|b"
Sati
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split-string: splitting on backslash character
I intend to apply the split-string function to the following string
"\ghjky\dfsgi\45fdj\854f"
using the character "\" as a separator in order to get the list ("ghjky" "dfsgi" "45fdj" "854f").
I could use the following function
(split-string…
Acciaierie Stahlberg
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How to type a backslash in emacs "\"
I'm on Prelude, and there is no way I can type a \. I was thinking maybe I should create a keybinding but I don't know how to create it to output a character such as \. Any help welcome! Thank you!
Emmanuel Goldstein
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