RECOMMEND 21.4 Vin, The test attached was suggested by Julian Bradfield. This test should be applied in any case. I believe his fix to regex.c is correct, see <87hc6rv53v.fsf(a)uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; on xemacs-patches. Index: src/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/src/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.290.2.123 diff -u -r1.290.2.123 ChangeLog --- src/ChangeLog 8 Oct 2007 01:22:54 -0000 1.290.2.123 +++ src/ChangeLog 1 Nov 2008 15:21:25 -0000 ＠＠ -0,0 +1,5 ＠＠ +2008-11-01 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * regex.c (re_search_2): Fix at_dot by changing charpos to bytepos. + From Julian Bradfield <18654.1143.304851.782755(a)krk.inf.ed.ac.uk&gt;. + Index: tests/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/tests/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.2.2.48 diff -u -r1.2.2.48 ChangeLog --- tests/ChangeLog 8 Oct 2007 01:23:15 -0000 1.2.2.48 +++ tests/ChangeLog 1 Nov 2008 15:21:25 -0000 ＠＠ -0,0 +1,4 ＠＠ +2008-09-27 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * automated/regexp-tests.el: Add test for at_dot regexp. + Index: src/regex.c =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/src/regex.c,v retrieving revision 1.25.2.14 diff -u -r1.25.2.14 regex.c --- src/regex.c 31 Mar 2006 01:29:00 -0000 1.25.2.14 +++ src/regex.c 1 Nov 2008 15:21:25 -0000 ＠＠ -4075,7 +4075,7 ＠＠ don't keep searching past point. */ if (bufp->used > 0 && (re_opcode_t) bufp->buffer[0] == at_dot && range > 0) { - range = BUF_PT (regex_emacs_buffer) - BUF_BEGV (regex_emacs_buffer) + range = BI_BUF_PT (regex_emacs_buffer) - BI_BUF_BEGV (regex_emacs_buffer) - startpos; if (range < 0) return -1; Index: tests/automated/regexp-tests.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/tests/automated/regexp-tests.el,v retrieving revision 1.2.2.10 diff -u -r1.2.2.10 regexp-tests.el --- tests/automated/regexp-tests.el 2 Feb 2005 03:40:01 -0000 1.2.2.10 +++ tests/automated/regexp-tests.el 1 Nov 2008 15:21:25 -0000 ＠＠ -449,3 +449,20 ＠＠ (not (match-beginning 1)))) ) +;; empty string at point +;; Thanks Julian Bradford on XEmacs Beta +;; <18652.54975.894512.880956(a)krk.inf.ed.ac.uk&gt; +(with-string-as-buffer-contents "aáa" + (goto-char (point-min)) + (Assert (looking-at "\\=")) + (Assert (= (re-search-forward "\\=") 1)) + (forward-char 1) + (Assert (looking-at "\\=")) + (Assert (= (re-search-forward "\\=") 2)) + (forward-char 1) + (Assert (looking-at "\\=")) + (Assert (= (re-search-forward "\\=") 3)) + (forward-char 1) + (Assert (looking-at "\\=")) + (Assert (= (re-search-forward "\\=") 4))) + _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches