GNU bug report logs - #41761
28.0.50; M-x count-words counts words only up to a field boundary

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #57 received at 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, pipcet <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#41761: [PATCH] bug#41761: 28.0.50; M-x count-words counts
 words only up to a field boundary
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:37:54 -0500

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Thanks, then how about this NEWS entry:
>
>   'count-words' now crosses field boundaries.
>   Originally, 'count-words' would stop counting at the first field
>   boundary it encountered; now it keeps counting all the way to the
>   region's (or buffer's) end.

Looks accurate to me. Thanks!
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