Re: latin encodings, mail-lib, and posix regexp classes

[snip] Josh> Taking a look at the Emacs CVS, they use [:alpha:], which Josh> (in theory) should match the correct set of characters. Stephen> Not in XEmacs, we don't support those yet. Stephen> It's not clear to me how such support can be properly implemented, Stephen> anyway. i believe the perl regular expression engine supports [:alpha:] constructs, maybe we could have a look at how they do it to get ideas on how XEmacs can support those nifty constructs i am assuming the XEmacs re bits are written in c (as opposed to elisp) i think implementing POSIX bracket-expression's in XEmacs will enhance its multi-language capabilities i will have a squiz at the perl re code and see if we can port the bracket-expression bits to XEmacs i will probably need some help with the actual coding as my c skill's are crap the other idea i had was wether pcre could be used in XEmacs (pcre is a library that does perl compatible regular expressions for those who dont know) that would increase the power of re's in XEmacs by some large number pcre is GPL so there wont be any licencing concerns feel free to ignore my suggestion's as you see fit -- XEmacs Advocate | Do not try the patience of Wizards, FreeBSD Devote | for they are subtle and quick to anger. Perl Hacker | - Elric (Technomage) , Babylon 5. Apache God | <mailto:rendhalver＠xemacs.org>