From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Unable to match octal character Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:34:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1460579702 3313 80.91.229.3 (13 Apr 2016 20:35:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:35:02 +0000 (UTC) To: "Boylan, Ross" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 13 22:34:50 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aqRUw-0003Mx-Ci for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:34:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51644 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqRUv-0003wi-C9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:34:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32775) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqRUj-0003sa-Fo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:34:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqRUf-00089l-Ua for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:34:37 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:42373) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqRUf-00089g-Me for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:34:33 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3DKYUPZ021212 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:34:30 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3DKYT5f011028 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:34:29 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0006.oracle.com (abhmp0006.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3DKYRTX005746; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:34:28 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109755 Archived-At: > I have a file with some characters that display in the emacs buffer as > \203. Yet when I search for that, using C-s C-q 203 I can't match = it. > Likewise if I use search and replace. Works for me. Do you see the same thing if you start Emacs using `emacs -Q' (no init file)? What happens if you do this, starting from emacs -Q: 1. In *scratch*, move point into the text somewhere and use `C-q 203 RET' to insert the \203 character. 2. `M-<' 3. `C-s C-q 2 0 3 RET'