Re: [Accepted] [O] Fix for infinite loop in org-html-protect

[Scott Frazer <frazer.scott@gmail.com>]

On 3/11/11 12:38 PM, Bastien Guerry wrote:

>>
>> ---
>> lisp/org-html.el |    2 +-
>>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lisp/org-html.el b/lisp/org-html.el
>> index c60c90d..2312b21 100644
>> --- a/lisp/org-html.el
>> +++ b/lisp/org-html.el
>> @@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ Possible conversions are set in `org-export-html-protect-char-alist'."
>>         (let ((start 0))
>>   	(while (string-match (car c) s start)
>>   	  (setq s (replace-match (cdr c) t t s)
>> -		start (match-beginning 0)))))
>> +		start (1+ (match-beginning 0))))))
>>       s))
>>
>>   (defun org-html-expand (string)
>>

I think there might be a second bug in that function that I had to fix myself.
I don't know the proper way to create/submit a patch, but instead of this:

     (while (setq c (pop cl))
       (while (string-match (car c) s start)

I think you need this:

     (while (setq c (pop cl))
       (setq start 0)
       (while (string-match (car c) s start)

i.e. you need to start over at the beginning of the line each time you go
through the list of protected chars, or else you'll start from the last
replacement location.

Scott