From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271097807 14930 80.91.229.12 (12 Apr 2010 18:43:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:43:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5936@debbugs.gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 20:43:25 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1ObV-0002GX-4o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:43:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60599 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1OSV-0000eC-Cd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1ONR-0004ur-Ec for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33558 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1ONP-0004sH-JY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1ONN-0002bT-7w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:51 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:32886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1ONN-0002bO-5n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1OKf-0000WC-M5; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:26:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:26:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5936 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5936-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5936.12710967231982 (code B ref 5936); Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:26:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2010 18:25:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1OK3-0000Vv-MH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1OK1-0000Vq-8e for 5936@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:22 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEANMCw0tMCqWu/2dsb2JhbACbOnK8e4UMBItG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,192,1270440000"; d="scan'208";a="60693726" Original-Received: from 76-10-165-174.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.165.174]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7CC347F1B; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:19:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:26:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:36214 Archived-At: > If you use the :regexp property in an abbrev table, all abbrevs in that > table will fail except those with only one char. Not at all. But you may get such a result if you use a naive regexp, yes. > This is because of a regexp match in abbrev--before-point which only > looks back one char. No, this is because the regexp you have to use must match part of the text *before* the abbrev. That's why the doc for define-abbrev-table gives as example \<\(\w+\)\W* rather than just \(\w+\)\W*. Stefan