From: Trevor Murphy <trevor.m.murphy@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Josh <josh@foxtail.org>
Cc: 18712@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18712: 24.3; IELM fails to move point in a working buffer that is also displayed
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:05:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnpams9d.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8761fnlioq.fsf@gmail.com>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> I think this is not a bug; you are seeing the difference between
> "window point" and "point". See section "Windows and Point" in
> the elisp manual.
Thank you for the manual reference, Glenn.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>
> No, but it's a common trap. Every buffer has as many "points"
> as it has windows displaying it (plus one for the buffer
> itself). So if you want to move point in a specific window, you
> need to either select the window before moving, or use
> `set-window-point'.
Window points! That makes so much sense now.
Rather than rewrite the `ielm-change-working-buffer' code, I've
just after-advised `ielm-send-input' to set the window point in
the working buffer.
Thanks, all!
--
Trevor Murphy
GnuPG Key: 0x83881C0A
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-13 22:16 bug#18712: 24.3; IELM fails to move point in a working buffer that is also displayed Trevor Murphy
2014-10-14 15:41 ` Glenn Morris
2014-10-14 18:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-14 19:57 ` Josh
2014-10-14 23:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-17 19:05 ` Trevor Murphy [this message]
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