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: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:08 -0400 Message-ID: <46032ECC.3040204@gatech.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174613735 10785 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2007 01:35:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:35:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 23 02:35:29 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 1HUYgi-0001qS-3c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:35:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUYiY-0000ye-EA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:37:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUYiJ-0000yZ-Df for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUYiH-0000yL-RC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUYiH-0000yI-L0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:37:05 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator8.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.183]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUYgQ-00050M-Df for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from deliverator8.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 96AFB85C for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:09 -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 deliverator8.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8A2856 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:09 -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 5F7F82172 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:35:09 -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:42119 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> + Stefan Monnier : >>> >>> | with-current-buffer (or save-current-buffer). >>> >>> Duh. Another wheel reinvented (in my earlier post in the thread). > >> Anytime I work on something in emacs I have the overwhelmingly feeling >> it's already been done. Half the time I turn out to be right. The >> naming conventions seem totally arbitrary, so even with apropos and >> everything it's hard to find the function you want. > >> Maybe I should ask again about the main project I'm working on. Has an >> ed emulator already been made for emacs? > > I suspect some part of it might be included in viper. I don't think so. As far as I can tell, ed is almost nothing like vi. Reviewing the Viper manual just now, I see no reference to ed. Glad to be corrected, though. Matt Flaschen