From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Setting point Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 21:56:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87lgdqubhe.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523649279 29181 195.159.176.226 (13 Apr 2018 19:54:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:54:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 13 21:54:35 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f74mH-0007TK-AL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 21:54:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49848 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f74oO-0002Sh-1X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:56:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f74o9-0002On-Ul for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:56:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f74o5-0007mX-2e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:56:29 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:44704) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f74o4-0007lK-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:56:25 -0400 Original-Received: from 46.67.12.60.tmi.telenormobil.no ([46.67.12.60] helo=corrigan) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f74nz-0001lC-Ok for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 21:56:22 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by corrigan with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1f74nu-0002V2-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 21:56:14 +0200 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:224559 Archived-At: If you're in an Emacs with *scratch* not displayed, this is a noop: (progn (set-buffer (get-buffer "*scratch*")) (goto-char (point-max))) When you switch to *scratch*, point will be wherever it used to be. I don't think Emacs has always behaved this way? It changed perhaps 5-10 years ago? Anyway, how do you set point in buffers these days? :-) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no