From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16942: 24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:01:19 +0000 Message-ID: <87wqg8j4e8.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394037805 21438 80.91.229.3 (5 Mar 2014 16:43:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:43:25 +0000 (UTC) To: 16942@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 17:43:33 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1WLEuo-00077M-WF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:43:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEuo-0004lz-Ls for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:43:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59726) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEuY-0004bV-A2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEuP-0007iU-TP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:43:14 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50714) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEuM-0007hv-VZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:43:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEuM-0003aJ-6v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:43:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 16942 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.139403774013700 (code B ref -1); Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2014 16:42:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51896 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WLEte-0003Ys-Vb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:42:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39750) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9aQ-0000WR-Eu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:02:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9aH-0001S4-P3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:02:06 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:46692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9aH-0001S0-MX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:01:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41437) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9aB-00012Y-KK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:01:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9a5-0001Pc-E1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:01:51 -0500 Original-Received: from cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.22]:48814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9a5-0001PL-88 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:01:45 -0500 Original-Received: from smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk ([10.8.233.129]) by cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1WL9a3-0001xU-Dr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:01:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (jangai.ncl.ac.uk [10.66.67.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s25B1hA1019945 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:01:43 GMT X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:42:17 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:86577 Archived-At: This is a small documentation bug. >From info node: `(elisp) Replacing Match' If you did the last search in a buffer, you should omit the STRING argument or specify `nil' for it, and make sure that the current buffer is the one in which you performed the last search. Then this function edits the buffer, replacing the matched text with REPLACEMENT. It leaves point at the end of the replacement text, and returns `t'. In my hands, replace-match returns nil regardless. The docstring does not mention the return type. Phil