From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: 14857@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14857: 24.3.50; `align-regexp': doc unclear for non-interactive usage
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:00:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sizjtp4v.fsf@web.de> (raw)
Hello,
after reading the doc of `align-regexp', I try to follow the example and
copy the example text
Fred (123) 456-7890
Alice (123) 456-7890
Mary-Anne (123) 456-7890
Joe (123) 456-7890
into a newly created buffer and do
M-: (align-regexp (point-min) (point-max) "\(")
I get an error:
align-region: Marker does not point anywhere
Obviously, the interactive spec modifies the entered regexp. It's
absolutely unclear how `regexp' must look like when `align-regexp' is
called from Lisp. We should either explain it, or say that this command
is only for interactive use.
Regards,
Michael.
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
of 2013-07-08 on dex, modified by Debian
(emacs-snapshot package, version 2:20130708-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (jessie)
Configured using:
`configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --host x86_64-linux-gnu
--prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--localstatedir=/var --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man
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--without-compress-info --with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
--with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-imagemagick=yes
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2013-07-26 2:46 ` bug#14857: 24.3.50; `align-regexp': doc unclear for non-interactive usage Glenn Morris
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