From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: error in replace-match: "args out of range" [SOLVED]
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:20:57 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iovttp$s8i$2@reader1.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.14.1302203359.27822.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.14.1302203359.27822.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net> wrote:
>M-x report-emacs-bug is probably the best way. The docstrings for
>match-string and replace-match should emphasize that ANY code that
>deals with strings--notably code that gives control to the user--is
>liable to replace the "last matched" string, so those functions should
>be called right away after you do the match.
>
>On 4/7/11, ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 04/05/2011 11:39 PM ken wrote:
>>> ....
>>> the problem wasn't a search, but with the read-from-minibuffer function.
>>> For some reason, invoking that wipes out all the subexpressions.
>>
>> I don't recall reading about this. If it's not already in the official
>> documentation, how do we add it in?
Or maybe a "with-last-matched-string-preserved" or something like it?
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-24 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.3.1301227401.14102.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-28 15:38 ` error in replace-match: "args out of range" Stefan Monnier
2011-03-28 18:50 ` ken
2011-03-28 20:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-03 22:02 ` ken
2011-04-03 23:19 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-04-04 16:13 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1301933608.12491.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-04 22:21 ` Tim X
2011-04-07 16:29 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.0.1302193756.25199.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-07 23:25 ` Tim X
2011-04-09 4:56 ` ken
2011-04-09 6:44 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-04-09 12:35 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1302352549.29796.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-09 12:57 ` David Kastrup
2011-04-09 20:04 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-04-09 21:25 ` Perry Smith
2011-04-05 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-06 3:39 ` error in replace-match: "args out of range" [SOLVED] ken
2011-04-07 14:00 ` ken
2011-04-07 19:09 ` PJ Weisberg
[not found] ` <mailman.14.1302203359.27822.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-24 1:20 ` David Combs [this message]
2011-04-24 5:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-09 1:32 ` David Combs
[not found] ` <mailman.9.1302184849.3726.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-04-10 2:25 ` Stefan Monnier
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