Subject: Re: bug#52098: 28.0.50; (thing-at-point thing) returns blank string in buffer with only whitespace

From: Daniel Mendler <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:24:20 +0100

>> 1. emacs -Q
>> 2. Open new buffer "bug"
>> 3. Enter a few spaces or newlines, but buffer is otherwise empty
>> 4. M-: (thing-at-point 'word) -> Result is string with white space "   "
>>
>> The things `word`, `sexp`, `defun`, `sentence` are also affected.
> 
> Yup.  This should now be fixed in Emacs 29.

Thank you! Would it be possible to backport this to Emacs 28?