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--- a/lisp/org/org-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-compat.el
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
;; Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
-;; Version: 6.33x
+;; Version: 6.35i
;;
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;;
@@ -362,6 +362,40 @@ TIME defaults to the current time."
(time-to-seconds (or time (current-time)))
(float-time time)))
+; XEmacs does not have `looking-back'.
+(if (fboundp 'looking-back)
+ (defalias 'org-looking-back 'looking-back)
+ (defun org-looking-back (regexp &optional limit greedy)
+ "Return non-nil if text before point matches regular expression REGEXP.
+Like `looking-at' except matches before point, and is slower.
+LIMIT if non-nil speeds up the search by specifying a minimum
+starting position, to avoid checking matches that would start
+before LIMIT.
+
+If GREEDY is non-nil, extend the match backwards as far as
+possible, stopping when a single additional previous character
+cannot be part of a match for REGEXP. When the match is
+extended, its starting position is allowed to occur before
+LIMIT."
+ (let ((start (point))
+ (pos
+ (save-excursion
+ (and (re-search-backward (concat "\\(?:" regexp "\\)\\=") limit t)
+ (point)))))
+ (if (and greedy pos)
+ (save-restriction
+ (narrow-to-region (point-min) start)
+ (while (and (> pos (point-min))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char pos)
+ (backward-char 1)
+ (looking-at (concat "\\(?:" regexp "\\)\\'"))))
+ (setq pos (1- pos)))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char pos)
+ (looking-at (concat "\\(?:" regexp "\\)\\'")))))
+ (not (null pos)))))
+
(provide 'org-compat)
;; arch-tag: a0a0579f-e68c-4bdf-9e55-93768b846bbe