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

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From: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41761 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] bug#41761: 28.0.50; M-x count-words counts words only up to
 a field boundary
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:15:32 -0500

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Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Expected result:
>
> message "Region has 1 line, 10 words, and 50 characters"
>
> Actual result:
>
> message "Region has 1 line, 1 word, and 50 characters"

`count-words' should be disabling field-boundary behavior in
`forward-word-strictly' by setting `inhibit-field-text-motion'. Patch
included.

I grepped for other calls to `count-words' that might be making the same
omission, but everything I saw looked like a use case that should
respect field boundaries.

Daniel

[0001-Don-t-stop-at-field-boundaries-when-counting-words-B.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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