From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:15:11 +0100 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 1271327616 19027 80.91.229.12 (15 Apr 2010 10:33:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5936@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 15 12:33:35 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 1O2MO6-0007Kj-RI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:33:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O2MO6-0002UL-6C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:33:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O2MJn-000855-AC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:29:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33836 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O2MJh-00082M-Kl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2MJg-0004bv-9Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43651) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2MJg-0004br-7e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2M78-0001aG-4H; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:16:02 +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=B5936.12713265186075 (code B ref 5936); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2010 10:15:18 +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 1O2M6Q-0001Zw-CW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:15:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ppsw-32.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.132]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2M6O-0001Zn-5G for 5936@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:15:16 -0400 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:49845) by ppsw-32.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.158]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1O2M6K-0005GR-Ab (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:15:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:16:02 -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:36257 Archived-At: On 2010-04-12 19:25 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> 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*. Thank you for the clarification. The bug can be closed. > Stefan Leo