Re: Problem with align-regexp with GNU/Emacs 29+

[Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it>]

Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> writes:

> But your positive check suggest that the problem is on my side, in some
> way: I will try to update my Emacses and report back.

Ok, I found *my* problem after all!

I took the long route to realize that it was actually mine, convinced as
I was that what I did in the various Emacses was exactly the same: I
extracted a fresh copy of Emacs master and compiled it, then added the
following simple test in test/lisp/align-tests.el

  (ert-deftest align-regexp ()
    (should (equal
             (with-temp-buffer
               (text-mode)
               (insert "a, b, c\none, two, three\n")
               (align-regexp (point-min) (point-max) ",\\(\\s-*\\)" 1 1 t)
               (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max)))
             "a,\tb,\tc\none,\ttwo,\tthree\n")))

that, with my surprise, a "make lisp/align-tests" passed! 8-}

The good news is that, back to my interactive Emacs session, I did my
original task again and this time it worked flawlessly, both with Emacs
29 *and* with Emacs 30.

The bad news is that I could not replicate what I did wrong: I can only
assume I blindly entered the wrong regexp.

TIL!

Thank you and sorry for the noise,
bye, lele.
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