Re: problems with query-replace, replace-string

[David Kastrup]

c.i.mooooore@btinternet.com (Chris) writes:

> My fix to the problem is to replace this line of ange-ftp.el (it's
> line 3445, in function 'ange-ftp-file-modtime'):
>        (when (string-match "^213 [0-9]\\{14\\}$" line)
> with this:
>        (when (string-equal "213 " (substring line 0 4))
> 
> Perhaps it's not ideal - it's certainly not such a strict test of the
> returned line, but it works for me. I guess I would rather somehow
> call 'save_search_regs()' before and 'restore_match_data()' after the
> string-match call in ange-ftp, but I don't know whether those 2
> functions are available from Emacs Lisp.

save-match-data is a Lisp macro in `subr'.
(save-match-data &rest BODY)

Execute the BODY forms, restoring the global value of the match data.

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