From: pcolsen@gmail.com
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: search-forward doesn't move point. Why?
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:20:07 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17362531.2107.1333081207231.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbdn7> (raw)
I've been trying to use (search-forward "string") to find "string". The documentation says that if "string" is found the function will return the character position of the first character of the string and leave the pointer after the last character.
That's not happening. The function is returning the character position but not moving the pointer; the pointer stays where it started.
I'm seeing this behavior both in Aquamacs and Emacs. I've been testing this with both programs using "eval-defun" on functions such as (search-forward "string"). The character position is returned, but the cursor is unmoved.
Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how to fix it?
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I'm using
GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin11.2.0), shell version.
GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54), Aquamacs Distribution 2.4
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