From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: save-buffer like save-excursion Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:30:48 -0400 Message-ID: <45FE2008.1060908@gatech.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174282285 12842 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2007 05:31:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:31:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 19 06:31:17 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HTASg-0007Nm-FT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:31:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HTAU7-0005kC-6y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:32:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HTATq-0005i8-IQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:32:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HTATo-0005h1-W1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:32:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HTATo-0005gv-RC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:32:24 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator4.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HTASO-0005cL-7x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:30:56 -0400 Original-Received: from deliverator4.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id EC578A69E for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:30:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx4.gatech.edu (mailprx4.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DF9A4A0 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:30:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [128.61.73.81] (r73h81.res.gatech.edu [128.61.73.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx4.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B5002141 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:30:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:42043 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Is there a command like save-excursion that only saves the buffer? I >> have several functions that must set-buffer temporarily, then do things >> that change point. I always want these point changes, but if set-buffer >> changed the buffer (not necessarily true), I want to reverse that change. > >> So, is there already a command for this? > > with-current-buffer (or save-current-buffer) Thanks. I'll refactor the code (again) Matt