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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-08-25 11:00:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-08-25 11:00:38 +0000
commit1296b4cdd99217bbdb34023e92136985c8275ea7 (patch)
tree3f022969e5d7b57e6d9d3578ae7cfb3722234a7e /lisp/mail/mailalias.el
parent1eedd2f11f54db9ccc9a9b6cae639f65750b8baf (diff)
downloademacs-1296b4cdd99217bbdb34023e92136985c8275ea7.tar.gz
(build-mail-aliases): Delete comments
from the contents before processing them.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/mail/mailalias.el')
-rw-r--r--lisp/mail/mailalias.el6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mailalias.el b/lisp/mail/mailalias.el
index 56882f04eb5..48f3494a0e6 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mailalias.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mailalias.el
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ By default, this is the file specified by `mail-personal-alias-file'."
((file-exists-p (setq file (concat "~/" file)))
(insert-file-contents file))
(t (setq file nil)))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ ;; Delete comments from the contents.
+ (while (search-forward "# " nil t)
+ (let ((p (- (point) 2)))
+ (end-of-line)
+ (delete-region p (point))))
;; Don't lose if no final newline.
(goto-char (point-max))
(or (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (newline))