Re: alternates, was: scrollbar is sluggish
On 14Dec2005 14:37, patrick shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| * Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [12-14-05 12:43]:
| > Hmm, interesting -- my manual (1.5.11) says:
| >
| > alternates regexp [ , regexp [ ... ]]
| > unalternates [ * | regexp [ , regexp [ ... ]] ]
|
|
| K, I'm a little behind, 1.5.9i.
|
| Usage: [un]alternates regexp [ regexp ... ]
|
| this indicates a space, if I understand, but I have used '|' since
| 1.2.5.1......
|
| and it does work!
That would be because you are supplying one regexp containing several
regexp-syntax alternatives, versus the spaced version with is several
regexps.
i.e. you are going
alternates a|b|c # one regexp
and others are going
alternates a b c # three regexps
Each should work as the net effect is the same.
Cheers,
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