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Article #9579vm-compile-format
From: Jamie Zawinski
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 10:18
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 10:18
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In the function vm-compile-format, the regexp should be changed from "%\\(-\\)?\\([0-9]\\)*\\(\\.\\([0-9]+\\)\\)?\\([aAcdfFhilmMnstTwyz*%]\\)" to "%\\(-\\)?\\([0-9]+\\)?\\(\\.\\([0-9]+\\)\\)?\\([aAcdfFhilmMnstTwyz*%]\\)" That is, ([0-9])* should be replaced with ([0-9]+)?, because that is what is really intended -- you want one or more consecutive digits to go into match register 2, but what is says now is "keep overwriting match register 2 with a one character sequence until you stop seeing digits." In emacs 18.57, these two regexps behave the same, but that is a bug. In emacs 19, this bug is fixed. -- Jamie (please don't ask me for a copy of emacs 19. You don't want it yet anyway...)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6829,4170b69aa42fd9d8,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf6829,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-01 23:30:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wendy-fate.uu.net!bug-vm From: jwz%thalidomide@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug Subject: vm-compile-format Message-ID: <9105011018.AA09061@thalidomide> Date: 1 May 91 10:18:08 GMT Sender: bug-vm-request@uunet.uu.net Lines: 16 X-Windows: The defacto substandard.