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 14:07:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8d6a57cf-7fc9-4dcf-88d1-4036cb3092d7@default> 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 1460581659 1833 80.91.229.3 (13 Apr 2016 21:07:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:07:39 +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 23:07:28 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 1aqS0U-0003Bu-8p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:07:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqS0T-00047U-NT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:07:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqS0E-0003xT-3Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqS09-00014V-3Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:24443) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqS08-00014O-Rd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3DL73Ig027831 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:07:04 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3DL73SK026562 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:07:03 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0006.oracle.com (abhmp0006.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3DL73dh019512; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:07:03 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: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] 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:109759 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 matc= h > > it. Likewise if I use search and replace. >=20 > Works for me. Do you see the same thing if you start Emacs using > `emacs -Q' (no init file)? >=20 > YES So you see the same problem even without your init file. But when you do it in *scratch* (below) you don't see the problem. > 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' >=20 > THE SEARCH SUCCEEDS. Then I guess you will need to explore the difference between the context where you see the problem, even starting from `emacs -Q', and the above context (recipe using *scratch*). Try to provide a step-by-step recipe, which starts from `emacs -Q', to reproduce the problem.