[darcs-users] explanation of PATTERN?

[Lev Lvovsky]

On Dec 11, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Ralph Dratman wrote:

> Until recently, I also found the "pattern" or "regex" options
> impossible to understand and use, but I finally realized that there is
> a rather serious problem of nomenclature. For example, the manual
> says:

...

I couldn't agree more with your message - I'm surprised with the  
naming scheme given how well the rest of darcs works.  If this could  
be changed or better documented, it might lead to wider adoption and  
less mailing list traffic ;)

thanks,
-lev