bug#15959: 24.3.50; align.el not working

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:09:44 +0800 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> -------------------------------------
>> int var = 2;
>> int variable_is_kinda_long = 3;
>> int var_is_less_long = 4;
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> To reproduce this bug:
>>
>>   emacs-24.3 -Q
>>   C-x b foo RET
>>   M-x c-mode RET
>>   <Yank the code above>
>>   C-x h
>>   M-x align-regexp RET = RET
>>
>> The result is:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> int var = 2;
>> int variable_is_kinda_long = 3;
>> int var_is_less_long = 4;
>> ----------------------------------------
>
> When I repeat the above recipe, the result I see is this:
>
> ---------------------------------------
> int var                         = 2;
> int variable_is_kinda_long= 3;
> int var_is_less_long    = 4;
> ---------------------------------------
>
>> Then:
>>
>>   emacs-24.3.50 -Q
>>   C-x b foo RET
>>   M-x c-mode RET
>>   <Yank the first code fragment>
>>   C-x h
>>   M-x align-regexp RET = RET
>>
>> Surprisingly, the result is:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> int var  = 2;
>> int variable_is_kinda_long= 3;
>> int var_is_less_long  = 4;
>> ----------------------------------------
>
> When I repeat this recipe, the result is the same as before, i.e., it is
> still aligned as above for me.

Xue, are you still seeing this problem with Emacs 25?

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