[Erc-help] Re: Possible bug in erc-cmd-QUOTE?

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Jorgen Schaefer <fo...@fo...> writes:

> I know I'm not really involved anymore and such, but IIRC we made
> that regexp specifically like this if anyone ever wanted to send
> leading whitespace to the server - it's a _QUOTE_ command after all,
> and meant not to meddle with the arguments. But I guess some people
> think some meddling is ok, so that's mostly a matter of taste.

What forcer said.

I like this variant:

   (string-match "^ ?\\(.*\\)" line)

If there is a leading space character it is removed. Anything else,
like tabs, is left alone.

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Johan Bockgård