;;; thingatpt.el --- get the `thing' at point
-;; Copyright (C) 1991-1998, 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1991-1998, 2000-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Mike Williams <mikew@gopher.dosli.govt.nz>
-;; Maintainer: FSF
+;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: extensions, matching, mouse
;; Created: Thu Mar 28 13:48:23 1991
;; matches that straddle the start position so we search forwards once
;; and then back repeatedly and then back up a char at a time.
-(defun thing-at-point-looking-at (regexp)
+(defun thing-at-point-looking-at (regexp &optional distance)
"Return non-nil if point is in or just after a match for REGEXP.
Set the match data from the earliest such match ending at or after
point."
(save-excursion
- (let ((old-point (point)) match)
+ (let ((old-point (point))
+ (forward-bound (and distance (+ (point) distance)))
+ (backward-bound (and distance (- (point) distance)))
+ match)
(and (looking-at regexp)
(>= (match-end 0) old-point)
(setq match (point)))
;; Search back repeatedly from end of next match.
;; This may fail if next match ends before this match does.
- (re-search-forward regexp nil 'limit)
- (while (and (re-search-backward regexp nil t)
+ (re-search-forward regexp forward-bound 'limit)
+ (while (and (re-search-backward regexp backward-bound t)
(or (> (match-beginning 0) old-point)
(and (looking-at regexp) ; Extend match-end past search start
(>= (match-end 0) old-point)
(put 'email 'bounds-of-thing-at-point
(lambda ()
- (let ((thing (thing-at-point-looking-at thing-at-point-email-regexp)))
+ (let ((thing (thing-at-point-looking-at
+ thing-at-point-email-regexp 500)))
(if thing
(let ((beginning (match-beginning 0))
(end (match-end 0)))