GNU bug report logs - #15107
24.3; replace-regexp-in-string wrong on \`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, patch

Merged with 44861

Found in versions 24.3, 25.1, 27.1

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #33 received at 15107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: erikbpanderson <at> gmail.com, 15107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15107: [PATCH] Add replace-regexp-in-string regression test
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:04:49 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:13:05 -0400
> Cc: Erik Anderson <erikbpanderson <at> gmail.com>, 15107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> "^." matches only the first character of "foo bar", but maybe you have
> a different idea of "matches" than I do. I would consider "^..*" to
> match the whole string.

OMG, I was sure the * was there!

Sorry.
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