[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Irritation about re-search-backward
From: |
Marco Wahl |
Subject: |
Re: Irritation about re-search-backward |
Date: |
Thu, 24 May 2018 22:25:39 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> with "|" marking point and the following buffer
>>
nn>> #v+
>> aaaaaaaaaaaa|
>> #v-
>>
>>
>> M-: (re-search-backward "a*")
>>
>> does not change point.
>>
>> Shouldn't point have been moved to the beginning of the line?
>
> Good question - but it's the intended behavior. Try
>
> (progn (re-search-backward "a*")
> (message "Matched string: \"%s\"" (match-string 0))
> (sit-for 2))
Thanks!
BTW to get the "greedy" match backwards I use now a further element in
the search pattern like (re-search-backward "^a*").
[...]
> I would make a bug report, since the documentation is insufficient in
> this regard.
Thanks for the suggestion but I won't file a report. If you would like
to take over feel free to do so.
Best regards,
--
Marco