From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set_window_buffer Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <48CAAF4F.7060703@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221249372 23715 80.91.229.12 (12 Sep 2008 19:56:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:56:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 12 21:57:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KeElO-00032P-GQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:57:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33700 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KeEkH-0003Yt-9C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KeEkA-0003Yb-Pq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KeEk7-0003Y2-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60188 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KeEk6-0003Xz-Tx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:21872 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KeEk1-0008Dt-UO; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:42 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuUEADxmykhFxIqP/2dsb2JhbACBY7YBgWKBBg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.32,391,1217822400"; d="scan'208";a="26746644" Original-Received: from 69-196-138-143.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.138.143]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 12 Sep 2008 15:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BBED28136; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <48CAAF4F.7060703@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:05:03 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103855 Archived-At: >>> That may be a good change, but I suspect it leads to changes in Lisp >>> primitives that ought to be documented in NEWS and in the Lisp Manual. >> >> While nowhere does it say that the buffer is preserved, I couldn't find >> any place where set-window-buffer is said to sometimes change >> current-buffer (not even a vague hint). I think this is a pure bug fix. > IMHO we should mention it in NEWS. I suppose a couple of applications > not distributed with Emacs might rely on the faulty behavior. I'd be really impressed if that's the case. Stefan