From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24801: 25.1; Reverse regexp search highlighting Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:51:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <152b38c0-5aff-4c96-b976-8df0cbb3199a@default> References: <4efa49bf-c223-4148-a291-12a722db033c@default> <8737jispf7.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <5537d36d-a365-4a3f-97a3-78c32e86e7ea@default> <87zilqr8d1.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1477533225 21078 195.159.176.226 (27 Oct 2016 01:53:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:53:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24801@debbugs.gnu.org To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 27 03:53:39 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsV-00014S-11 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:53:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsX-0006E6-E7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:53:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33124) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsP-0006Dp-8y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:53:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsM-0008Pv-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:53:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43082) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsM-0008Pk-3Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZsL-0008Kd-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24801 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24801-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24801.147753312631957 (code B ref 24801); Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24801) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Oct 2016 01:52:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58476 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZrR-0008JN-Tt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:43636) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzZrQ-0008It-03 for 24801@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u9R1pvlL003768 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:51:57 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u9R1puCJ004661 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:51:56 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0018.oracle.com (abhmp0018.oracle.com [141.146.116.24]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u9R1ps1w015118; Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:51:55 GMT In-Reply-To: <87zilqr8d1.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125058 Archived-At: > Isn't it? The match of aa.* "whose beginning is as close as > possible" when point is at the of a line of a's, is "aa". So it seems > expected that searching backwards would match pairs of a's. You are right. > Can you describe exactly how the behaviour is different in Emacs 22? I was mistaken. The same search hits are found in 22 (and before) as now. Somehow I thought I was seeing something different when I tried 22 and 20 earlier today. > Actually, this report looks similar to 9681, although I see no > claims there that it worked in version 22. Yes, this is the same. I will close this bug. Funny that I never noticed this before. I guess that in practice it doesn't bite that often. It is multiple matches in the same line that makes this really stand out as weird behavior.