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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
Cc: 7179@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7179: 23.2; copyright-update on spanning copyright-limit
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:31:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmvfst06.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ocb4ky9q.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:25:37 +1100")

Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:

> If you're unlucky enough to have a copyright notice spanning the
> `copyright-limit' position in the buffer then M-x copyright-update makes
> a bit of a mess inserting the current year at the wrong place.  For
> example,
>
>     (progn
>       (require 'copyright)
>       (switch-to-buffer "foo")
>       (erase-buffer)
>       (insert (make-string (- copyright-limit 14) ?x) "\n"
>               "\nCopyright 2006, 2007, 2008 Foo Bar\n\n")
>       (copyright-update))
>
> gives
>
>     Copyright 20, 1006, 2007, 2008 Foo Bar
>
> where I expected
>
>     Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Foo Bar

This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-18 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-09  0:25 bug#7179: 23.2; copyright-update on spanning copyright-limit Kevin Ryde
2016-03-04 14:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-18 12:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-01-25 18:33   ` Basil L. Contovounesios via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-01-26 14:04     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-27 18:45       ` Basil L. Contovounesios via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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