GNU bug report logs - #192
regexp does not work as documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 03:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: unreproducible

Done: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org,
        koppel <at> ece.lsu.edu, 192 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: regexp does not work as documented
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 23:29:05 +0200

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Actually, font-lock-fontified is most likely set to t, so
> hi-lock-set-pattern doesn't call re-sarch-forward at all and only calls
> font-lock-fontify-buffer instead.

You're right: If I do a
  M-x evaluate-expression  (setq font-lock-fontify-buffer nil)
before
  M-x highlight-regexp
the result is correct. So the problem is indeed with the font-locking.

Bruno
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