From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: What happens during eval-buffer?
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:46:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <446A2BFD.3060803@student.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jey7x1pxx8.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> (let ((start (progn
>> (goto-char (point-min))
>> (search-forward "Start-here")
>> (forward-line 2)
>> (point)
>> ))
>> )
>> )
>>
>> With that as the current buffer then do
>>
>> M-x eval-buffer
>>
>> I get an error saying "Symbol's value as variable is void: <html>". Have I
>> done something completely wrong or?
>>
>
> Yes, replace progn by save-excursion. You have modified point under
> eval-buffer's feet, it will continue evaluation until point equals
> point-max.
>
Ah! Thanks.
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2006-05-16 19:25 What happens during eval-buffer? Lennart Borgman
2006-05-16 19:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-05-16 19:46 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
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