Whoops sorry wanted to reference the source code: https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-agenda.el#L10147
I think that the problem is the call to org-agenda-bulk-mark on line 10160 (it doesn't mark if the point is at the EOL) https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-agenda.el#L10160 On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:49 AM Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bastien, > > I'm using emacs -u NONE with emacs 27.0.50 > and Org mode version 9.2.5 > > And I'm not seeing this expected behavior. > > I have the following simple foo.org file for my agenda: > * TODO Foo > * TODO Pre Class > * TODO Again > > I'm using the built-in agenda view for TODO entries ("t") > and I'm searching using > > Pre\sClass > {Pre\sClass} > Pre Class > "Pre Class" > > And the entry is not *marked* in the agenda, but there are messages > saying "1 entries marked for bulk action" > > If I search for "Pre Clas" and "Pre\sCl" etc. the entries are marked. > > If I search for "Class" (no quotes) then there's no match. However, if I > search for "Cla" (no quotes) then there is a match and the heading is > marked. > > So, it appears there's a problem *if the match ends on the last character > of the heading*. > > In fact, I can replicate the problem by searching in the agenda manually > by searching for "Class" > (no quotes) :) and then calling (call-interactively 'org-agenda-bulk-mark) > - the mark is not made and > there's a message "user-error: Nothing to mark at point" > > Not sure how to fix it but wanted to show my awesome debugging skills :))) > > Thanks, > --Nate > > Thanks, > --Nate > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 5:22 PM Bastien <b...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> Hi Nathan, >> >> Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I'm trying to use org-agenda-bulk-mark-regexp and trying to search >> > for >> > headings having "Pre Class". >> > >> > None of the combinations have worked so far (I've tried with quotes >> > and without quotes in the prompt) >> >> There is nothing special with the regexps you need to enter with >> `org-agenda-bulk-mark-regexp', you can use the same syntax you would >> use for, e.g., C-u C-s in Emacs. >> >> Note that only the text of the headline is considered, not part of >> the agenda line that are not the heading itself (e.g. todo keywords, >> tags, etc.) >> >> > Pre Class >> >> should work >> >> > Pre\sClass >> >> => Pre\s-Class should work >> >> > Pre\\sClass >> >> nope >> >> > Pre.*Class >> >> should work >> >> > {Pre Class} >> >> nope. >> >> HTH, >> >> -- >> Bastien >> >
