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bug#12692: 24.1; thing-at-point in temp buffer
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Drew Adams |
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bug#12692: 24.1; thing-at-point in temp buffer |
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Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:35:18 -0700 |
> Why does the following return the whole string "this.is.an.example":
> (thing-at-point 'symbol)this.is.an.example
> but using a temp buffer only returns "this":
Sounds like `.' has `symbol' syntax in the first buffer you used (e.g., Emacs
Lisp mode), but not in the temp buffer. The syntax of a char depends on the
current mode. See (elisp)`Syntax Tables'.