GNU bug report logs - #21167
24.5; tags-search should ignore buffer restriction

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: phs <phs <at> lsv.ens-cachan.fr>

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 21167-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: phs <phs <at> lsv.ens-cachan.fr>, 21167-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21167: 24.5; tags-search should ignore buffer restriction
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:43:10 +0300

Version: 25.1

On 07/31/2015 12:43 PM, phs wrote:

> I call this a bug. E.g., it can cause a global renaming of variables
> miss some occurrences. It seems that a minimal fix is for tags-search to
> warn the user that the buffer has been narrowed and offer to widen for
> the search (and maybe reinstall the restriction after the search???).

Thanks for the report. This is now performed automatically, without 
warning, in tags-loop-continue.
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