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25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like `

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:05:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in versions 25.1, 24.5

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit <at> gmail.com>
To: 24510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24510: 25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like `
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:02:15 -0400

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On 2016-09-22 13:04, Drew Adams wrote:
> What looks exactly (AFAICT) like the backquote you typed at the prompt
> is NOT the same as the character that precedes "list-directory" in the
> buffer.  And it is not matched to that character by Isearch.  That
> character is LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK.
> 
> What you see is definitely NOT what you get.  And you wonder...

Hi Drew,

I wonder which fonts you're using.  I've attached a screenshot of what it looks for me in emacs -Q.

Cheers,
Clément.

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