Rajsekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I want to setup the smileys similar to gaim.
> So I put 
>
>         "\\(:)\\)\\W" for smile.
> and
>         "\\(:))\\)\\W" for laugh.
>
> The problem is that :)) also contains a :).  At the same time, i do not
> want to replace \W with something like [^)] because i lose the advantage of
> \W (which works based on the current syntax).  I want something like \\W
> minus the character `('.  Can someone tell me how to achieve this?

I see from theory that the needed language is still a regexp, yet i am not
able to express it in the language of regexp.  Is it a shortcoming in the 
language?

-- 
    Rajsekar Manokaran
    IIT Madras


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