Re: regexp-builder shows matches, re-search-forward fails?

[Tassilo Horn]

Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@googlemail.com> writes:

Hi Thorsten,

> More concrete:
>
> ,-------------------------
> | \\(^# Task: \\)\\(.*$\\)
> `-------------------------
>
> does match both tasks in 
>
> ,----------------------
> | # Task: A+B
> | 
> | (+ (read) (read))
> | 3 4
> | -> 7
> | 
> | 
> | # Task: Abstract type
> `----------------------
>
> in regexp-builder,

Ditto here.

> but
>
> ,------------------------------------------------
> | (re-search-forward  "\\(^# Task: \\)\\(.*$\\)")
> `------------------------------------------------
>
> with point at beginning of that buffer gives 'search-failed'. 

Not for me.  I can call exactly that twice and point moves to the end of
the # Task items as it should.  The third call then signal no match,
cause there are no more matches.

I used M-: to test that.  Maybe you're running the search on the wrong
buffer?

Bye,
Tassilo