GNU bug report logs - #24969
26.0.50; number-at-point

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 12:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: unreproducible

Found in version 26.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 24969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24969: 26.0.50; number-at-point
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:53:50 +0100


On 20.11.2016 13:53, Stephen Berman wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 13:47:50 +0100 Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> wrote:
>
>> After evaluating show-number in buffer of contents below, it should jump to
>> char "1" and return them, but returns nil.
>>
>> ;;;
>>
>> foo-1
>>
>> (defun show-number ()
>>    (interactive)
>>    (goto-char 5)
>>    (message "%s" (number-at-point)))
>>
>> ;;;
> When I try your recipe, point jumps to the - sign
Seems there is a leading whitespace.


>   and the echo area
> displays -1.

Here with that start from minus-sign equally nil is returned.

Thanks
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