GNU bug report logs - #20901
Can't replace regexps with slash

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 20901-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20901-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20901: Can't replace regexps with slash
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:04:23 +0100

You're right. Should be fixed now.

2015-06-26 15:27 GMT+01:00 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>:
> replace-regexp currently mishandles regular expression replacement with
> characters like '/'.  I assume this is related to the recent changes with
> string search so I am CC'ing Artur.
>
> This is with Emacs master (commit ff80437668dd0d5163c9e43f0c200b923b39166b).
>
> To reproduce, run emacs -Q and type:
>
> C-h t M-x replace-regexp RET .*/ RET RET
>
> Emacs will respond "Replaced 0 occurrences" without changing the buffer.  It
> should replace 12 occurrences.
>
>
>
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