Re: Can't get replace-match to replace intended match-data

[Jonas Jarnestrom]

> > 
> > (defun cs-head-set-target ()
> > ""
> >   (interactive)
> >     (goto-char (point-min))
> >     (and (re-search-forward "Target: +<\\(.*\\)>"  400 'noerr)
>                                             ^      
>     change the . to [^>]           here-----+
>                                                  ^      
>     no further than to next '>' as stated here---+ 

> >      (replace-match "perka" nil nil nil 1))
> >   )
> 
> Regular expressions matches the MAXIMUM possible string. If your search
> was not limited to 400 characters, Your expression would have taken
> from the 1st "Target: <" up to the last ">" in your file.
> 
Hi Ehud,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

However I must assert that your conclusions are wrong.
It's true that the '*' is very greedy and devours as much as he can,
but he cannot go further than to the next '>', that is defined in
the search string. (See above) I have verified this very carefully.

Your suggested [^>] I have already tried numerous times,
and in this case it is 100% equivalent to the original '.*'

Thanks,
Jonas Järneström