From: Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: save-current-buffer
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:31:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1224412633.113476@arno.fh-trier.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1486.1224401134.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Glauber Alex Dias Prado wrote:
> save-current-buffer is a special form in `C source code'.
> (save-current-buffer &rest body)
>
> Save the current buffer; execute body; restore the current buffer.
> Executes body just like `progn'.
>
> strange indeed,dunno why it works this way.
>
> "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> writes:
>
>> Andreas Politz wrote:
>>>
>>> Is this a bug, or am I missing something ?
>>> Eval this in *scratch* buffer and you end up in the *Help* one.
>>>
>>> (save-current-buffer
>>> (switch-to-buffer "*Help*"))
>>>
>>>
>>> GNU Emacs 22.2.1
>>>
>>>
>>> -ap
What would make sense is if `current buffer' refers to whatever (current-buffer) returns,
and switch-to-buffer changes that. ?
-ap
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-19 10:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-18 20:43 save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-18 23:12 ` save-current-buffer B. T. Raven
2008-10-19 2:57 ` save-current-buffer Chris F.A. Johnson
2008-10-20 0:37 ` save-current-buffer B. T. Raven
2008-10-19 7:24 ` save-current-buffer Glauber Alex Dias Prado
[not found] ` <mailman.1486.1224401134.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-19 10:31 ` Andreas Politz [this message]
2008-10-19 15:44 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.1511.1224431046.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-21 11:26 ` save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-21 21:21 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
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