Re: Use regex in ~/.emacs.d/init.el to match no_proxy.

[Joost Kremers]

On Sat, Apr 10 2021, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 2:29 PM Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Really, it does the trick:
>
> ~ $ (regexp-opt '("*.cn" "localhost" "10.0.0.0/8" "127.0.0.0/8"
> "172.16.0.0/12" "192.168.0.0/16"))
> \(?:\*\.cn\|1\(?:0\.0\.0\.0/8\|27\.0\.0\.0/8\|72\.16\.0\.0/12\|92\.168\.0\.0/16\)\|localhost\)
>
>> For Lisp interaction, I'd recommend `M-x ielm`, though.
>
> This also works like a charm:
>
> ELISP> (regexp-opt '("*.cn" "localhost" "10.0.0.0/8" "127.0.0.0/8"
> "172.16.0.0/12" "192.168.0.0/16"))
> "\\(?:\\*\\.cn\\|1\\(?:0\\.0\\.0\\.0/8\\|27\\.0\\.0\\.0/8\\|72\\.16\\.0\\.0/12\\|92\\.168\\.0\\.0/16\\)\\|localhost\\)"
>
> But why the 2nd method gives the double '\\' escaped sequence for some
> metacharacters while the the 1st method doesn't?

They are different representations of the same thing. In IELM, the return value
is a string, as indicated by the double quotes surrounding the regexp. This is
what you would use in your init file (or in a Lisp program). Eshell prints the
string, i.e., shows you the string in a form that's meant for humans to look at.

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Joost Kremers
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