From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: James N. V. Cash <james.nvc@gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:55:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvilqsf3uw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czh03xa9.fsf@occasionallycogent.com> (James N. V. Cash's message of "Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:10:38 -0400")
> + (let ((beg (if (number-or-marker-p beg)
> + beg
> + (save-excursion
> + (goto-char (minibuffer-prompt-end))
> + (search-forward beg))))
> + (end (if (number-or-marker-p end)
> + end
> + (save-excursion
> + (goto-char (point-max))
> + (search-backward end)))))
What if there are several matches for `beg` and/or for `end` in
the buffer? How do we know we got the intended one?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-29 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-29 0:36 [PATCH] Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 1:10 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 7:05 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-29 12:10 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 12:55 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2022-04-29 14:07 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-29 17:20 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-29 17:29 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-29 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-30 12:41 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-04-30 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-04-30 15:48 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-01 18:06 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-02 15:32 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-02 19:11 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-04 12:08 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-04 19:27 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-04 21:09 ` James N. V. Cash
2022-05-05 18:16 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-01 18:03 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-01 18:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-05-05 18:19 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-05 18:30 ` Exiting completion-in-region-mode (was: Handle case where `beg` and `end` are strings instead of markers) Juri Linkov
2022-05-19 18:52 ` Exiting completion-in-region-mode Juri Linkov
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