Jim Porter <jporterb...@gmail.com> writes:

>> According to the docstring, functions in `forward-thing-provider-alist'
>> should accept a single argument - the number of "things" to skip
>> forward/backward. But it is not what `org-next-link' expects.
>
> In a twist, it turns out *this* patch for Org-mode was correct, and my 
> prior patch for thingatpt.el was wrong. In short, 'forward-thing' now 
> calls the functions in 'forward-thing-provider-alist' with a BACKWARD 
> flag, rather than an integer N. That's because 'forward-thing' needs to 
> account for the case where you have multiple providers for the same 
> "thing", and so it needs to go one at a time checking all the providers 
> for the best match (read: the one that moves point by the smallest 
> non-zero amount).
>
> I've now pushed the thingatpt fix to the Emacs master branch.

Ok. Now, may you also add NEWS entry?

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