so ^, $, *, ? and + are interpreted correctly.
+2001-03-09 Stefan Monnier <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
+
+ * hi-lock.el (hi-lock-line-face-buffer): Wrap the regexp in a group
+ so ^, $, *, ? and + are interpreted correctly.
+
2001-03-09 Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
* help.el (string-key-binding): Renamed from
(unless hi-lock-mode (hi-lock-mode))
(or (facep face) (setq face 'rwl-yellow))
(hi-lock-set-pattern
- (list (concat "^.*" regexp ".*$") (list 0 (list 'quote face) t))))
+ ;; The \\(?:...\\) grouping construct ensures that a leading ^, +, * or ?
+ ;; or a trailing $ in REGEXP will be interpreted correctly.
+ (list (concat "^.*\\(?:" regexp "\\).*$") (list 0 (list 'quote face) t))))
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