Re: PCRE Regexes with Emacs?

I don't cimpletely follow all of the above, but I do have an interest.

I use emacs and use regexp-replace sometimes, it's useful. But being used to perl, I'd be happy if I could just get the basic syntax the same - for instance being able to use \n, \t etc instead of C-c something-or-other.

Do i need to install another mode or set something in my .emacs for this? It must surely be possible? I have tried to find out before without success. I'd be greatful for an answer.

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Re^2: PCRE Regexes with Emacs? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 10, 2011 at 02:32 UTC
Did anybody find a good solution to this annoying problem in the last 6 years since the original post? I am very annoyed by lack of perl style regular expressions (or PCRE) in emacs and don't want to learn the limited emacs regex. I will appreciate an answer or work around?	[reply]
Re^3: PCRE Regexes with Emacs? by pjoshi (Initiate) on Mar 10, 2011 at 02:54 UTC
I found a work around. Within emacs type C-u M-\| and then type your favorite typical perl command to substitute with regex. And of course, this will support perl regex	[reply]