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29.0.50; backward-word doesn't move far enough in message-mode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: 56384 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56384: 29.0.50; backward-word doesn't move far enough in
 message-mode
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:29:44 +0200

Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name> writes:

> 1. emacs -q
> 2. C-x m
> 3. foo>
> 4. C-b
> 5. M-b
>
> Point does not move to the beginning of the line, as one would expect.
>
> If a punctuation character other than '>' is used, it does to go bol.

How strange -- it goes to the second character on the line?  Anybody
know what could be causing this?

I think message-mode is interpreting that foo> as a cited text, but I
don't quite see why that'd make point go to the second column instead of
the first.

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