todo-mode error "todo-category-select: Search failed: ..."

[Klaus Zeitler]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20, OSF/Motif Version 1.2.6)
 of 2001-12-05 on nbghs10
configured using `configure  --with-gcc 
--prefix=/vol/freeware/HP-UX-B.10.20/emacs/21.1 
--sharedstatedir=/vol/freeware/HP-UX-B.10.20/emacs/21.1/share 
--with-x-toolkit=motif --x-includes=/usr/include/X11R6:/usr/local/gnu/include 
--x-libraries=/usr/lib/X11R6:/usr/local/gnu/lib --with-pop'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C.iso88591
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

1. start emacs with options -q --no-site-file
2. M-x todo-insert-item "entry1"
   specify a category e.g. "cat1"
3. type s and q to save and quit
4. M-x todo-show
   shows the item in category "Todo" instead of category "cat1"
   and now entering "+" i.e. todo-forward-category results in error:
   
   todo-category-select: Search failed: "^\\*/\\* --- cat1$"

the todo-do file contains:

-*- mode: todo; todo-categories: ("Todo" "cat1" "Todo" "Todo"); -*-
*/* --- Todo
*/* 2001-12-07 15:08 kzeitler: entry1
--- End
*/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

i.e. the new category "cat1" is entered in the list of categories but the
item is entered in the block of "Todo" items and there's no block
for "cat1" items.

Besides the variable todo-categories in the mode header
looks a bit odd too: ("Todo" "cat1" "Todo" "Todo")


Recent input:
<help-echo> <escape> x t o d o - i n SPC i SPC <return> 
e n t r y SPC 1 <return> c a t 1 <return> s q <escape> 
x t o d o - s h o w <return> + <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:

Type C-x 1 to remove  *todo tmp* window.  M-C-v to scroll the help.
Wrote /home/kzeitler/.todo-top
(No changes need to be saved)

Type C-x 1 to remove  *todo tmp* window.  M-C-v to scroll the help.
Wrote /home/kzeitler/.todo-top

todo-category-select: Search failed: "^\\*/\\* --- cat1$"
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