From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: insert gives args out of range Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:21:12 +0000 Message-ID: <1LrMW6VZOGaiPZeu9oQzAEzURNe5DSG4qEIpTAcMJIYlF_Ror7Qi4fwKLeEtID86cPFTghDDGsf78h3ngmTMitZ_kbjiPZ2L_COpl5uJRFc=@protonmail.com> References: <87le0wn0ru.fsf@gmx.net> <87h6bkmz5k.fsf@gmx.net> <9gWogDhaCBXEnTOijkijtCrrcAbhYY04AgDjXlqWxAN1m7xvAUbl31U_6aBjyp6Q8iu2M7SIMHNmyvD0QJ6NnC2PSFHIpdgos1q7eVM-CLI=@protonmail.com> <87a5hcmr9y.fsf@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6766"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 16 17:21:56 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1seym4-0001ZA-Lq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Clear previous contents > > > > > > > > > > > (save-excursion > > > > > > > > > > > (goto-char (point-min)) > > > > > > > > > > > (while (re-search-forward "^(defun" nil t) > > > > > > > > > > > (let ((start (match-beginning 0)) > > > > > > > > > > > (blank-lines 0) > > > > > > > > > > > end) > > > > > > > > > > > ;; Move forward to find the second blank line > > > > > > > > > > > (while (and (< blank-lines 2) > > > > > > > > > > > (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t)) > > > > > > > > > > > (setq blank-lines (1+ blank-lines))) > > > > > > > > > > > (setq end (point)) > > > > > > > > > > > ;; Ensure the range is valid before inserting > > > > > > > > > > > (when (> end start) > > > > > > > > > > > (with-current-buffer output-buffer > > > > > > > > > > > (insert (buffer-substring-no-properties start end) "\= n")))))) > > > > > > > > > > > ;; Display the output buffer > > > > > > > > > > > (display-buffer output-buffer))) > > > > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > > > > You've set `start' and` end' in a different buffer than= output-buffer > > > > > > > > > > but you're invoking buffer-substring-no-properties with= these > > > > > > > > > > values in > > > > > > > > > > output-buffer, which you've erased, so those values are= not in > > > > > > > > > > the range > > > > > > > > > > of possible values in output-buffer. Try let-binding th= e result of > > > > > > > > > > invoking buffer-substring-no-properties before the seco= nd > > > > > > > > > > invocation of > > > > > > > > > > with-current-buffer. > > > > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > > > > Steve Berman > > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > > I updated as suggested. Although I get the output, the sear= ch stops on > > > > > > > > the first > > > > > > > > blank line rather than on the second blank line. > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > Consider a buffer "test" with the following content (two blan= k lines > > > > > > > between the defuns): > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > (defun f1 () > > > > > > > (ignore)) > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > (defun f2 () > > > > > > > (ignore)) > > > > > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > > When you call `display-text' in "test", the first evaluation = of the > > > > > > > sexp (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t) moves point to the f= irst blank > > > > > > > line below the first defun. Where is point after the second e= valuation > > > > > > > of that sexp? - Steve Berman > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > It is still at the beginning of the first blank line. > > > > >=20 > > > > > I do not understand why this happens. Because (point) after > > > > > re-search-forward should give me the position at the beginning of= the > > > > > second blank line that is encountered. > > > >=20 > > > > The sexp (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t) succeeds if it find a = line > > > > containing only zero or more whitespace characters and moves point = to > > > > the end of the match. If point is on a blank line, the search succe= eds, > > > > but since the beginning and end of the match coincide, point does n= ot > > > > move. If you want point to move, your code needs to accommodate thi= s > > > > case. - Steve Berman > > >=20 > > > Have printed start and end just after (setq end (point)) > > >=20 > > > (message "Start: %d, End: %d" start end) > > >=20 > > > And the values for start and end are different. >=20 >=20 > `start' holds the value of the beginning of the match for "^(defun", but > your problem arises when searching for "^\\s-*$"; you'll see it if you > change the message to this: >=20 > (message "Start: %d, End: %d" (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)) >=20 > > When the first blank is reached, point moves to that blank, the next se= arch > > keeps point at the same place rather than moving to the next blank line= . >=20 >=20 > For the reason I explained above. - Steve Berman I have solved the problem by adding (forward-line 1) after setting blank-li= nes (while (and (< blank-lines 2) (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t)) (setq blank-lines (1+ blank-lines)) ;; Move point forward to avoid re-matching the same blank line (forward-line 1)) Could this fail on some circumstances ?