I'm writing some elisp code that relies on ag-project-regexp and ag/search functions. It includes a line like this:
(ag-project-regexp (format "fn.* %s" fn-name))
The goal is to search for strings such as fn[something] fn-name (function definitions). However, the ag command includes fn.\* fn-name. The regexp is not surrounded by quotes and/or a backslash is inserted before the * character, resulting in behavior different than expected. I'm probably doing something wrong, but what?
I'm writing some elisp code that relies on
ag-project-regexpandag/searchfunctions. It includes a line like this:The goal is to search for strings such as
fn[something] fn-name(function definitions). However, theagcommand includesfn.\* fn-name. The regexp is not surrounded by quotes and/or a backslash is inserted before the*character, resulting in behavior different than expected. I'm probably doing something wrong, but what?