On 14 June 2017 at 17:48, Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:

> On Jun 14 2017, Elias Mårtenson <lokedhs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Assuming the cursor is at some random position in buffer "z", The SLIME
> > code essentially does the following to move the cursor to a given
> location:
> >
> >     (progn
> >       (set-buffer "z")
> >       (goto-char LOCATION))
>
> You should put that inside save-excursion.
>

How will that help? I want the code to move point, and the problem is that
it does not move. ‘save-excursion’ simply ensures that point will not move.

Regards,
Elias