From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75386 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Just shoot me now (was Re: What's wrong with this fancy split?) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293010553 6789 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2010 09:35:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Tommy Kelly Original-X-From: ding-owner+M23738@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Dec 22 10:35:46 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PVL6j-0005Y8-Ry for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PVL6f-0002fd-1d; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:35:37 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PVL6d-0002fK-I9 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:35:35 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PVL6c-0003E1-DE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:35:35 -0600 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PVL6b-0005Qj-M1 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:33 +0100 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683C81C010CA; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E10C1C001A9; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yCa1spk3G1st; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-104-133.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.104.133]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 841E4CA2A0; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:35:22 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: ...Get me a GIN and TONIC!!...make it HAIR TONIC!! In-Reply-To: (Tommy Kelly's message of "Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:13:28 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2.91 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75386 Archived-At: Tommy Kelly writes: > Andreas Schwab writes: > >> Because [ and ] are not word characters. See >> nnmail-split-fancy-syntax-table. > > Thanks Andreas. Unfortunately that 6,500 line variable, consisting > mostly of pairs of parens enclosing numbers, is as clear as mud :-) Read about modify-syntax-table. > 8. Google for "emacs lisp syntax table" Did you know that Emacs comes with a searchable manual? Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."