From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13441: 24.3.50; doc of `goto-char' Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:47:49 +0200 Message-ID: <83hamjqf8a.fsf@gnu.org> References: <6D342738E4964535BBDF4B379109AFE2@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1358221721 9425 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2013 03:48:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13441@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 15 04:48:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxWD-0003Cs-KE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:48:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42340 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVx-0005Xm-C1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43395) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVs-0005XU-T1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVr-0006NW-Q1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:36 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55169) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVr-0006NP-2h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxWH-0006Kz-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:49:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13441 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13441-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13441.135822169724305 (code B ref 13441); Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13441) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2013 03:48:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60633 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVZ-0006Jx-3T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:52966) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TuxVV-0006Jl-RV for 13441@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:48:15 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MGN00H00EDHTA00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 13441@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:47:44 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MGN00HQFEJ6SE20@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:47:44 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <6D342738E4964535BBDF4B379109AFE2@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69791 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:23:09 -0800 > > I don't see where it does this in the code, but it sure seems like > `goto-char' recenters the window around the target position. This is > part of what the command does, and should be mentioned in its doc. It > is not mentioned in either the doc string or the Elisp manual. It is not part of what the command does. It is part of normal Emacs display, whereby, if point moves outside the displayed portion of the buffer, Emacs brings point into view by (by default) centering point in the window. Here "by default" means "unless you customized one of the scroll-* variables". The window centering is described in "Textual Scrolling" and in the Emacs manual under "Auto Scrolling".