From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: beginning-of-buffer computations Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:47:20 +0000 Message-ID: <8761blsn7r.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <878ughsnfz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422802064 11538 80.91.229.3 (1 Feb 2015 14:47:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 14:47:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Michael Heerdegen , mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 01 15:47:43 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YHvoI-0006Bt-TG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:47:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50755 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHvoI-0000In-4h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:47:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHvo7-0000Ih-F2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:47:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHvo2-0006zO-Ph for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:47:27 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp04.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.35]:33820) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHvo2-0006xy-KC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp04.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFE6F99A48 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 14:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 6418 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2015 14:47:21 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.78.234.58]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 1 Feb 2015 14:47:21 -0000 In-Reply-To: <878ughsnfz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> (message from Robert Thorpe on Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:42:24 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.35 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102428 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe writes: > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> (/ (+ 10 (* size (prefix-numeric-value arg))) 10))) > > This line was in the first version of simple.el put into revision > control in 1991. Michael Heerdegen is write about this, the 1 is needed because beginning-of-buffer is character 1, not 0. BR, Robert Thorpe