From: Anselm Helbig <anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: elisp: howto save not-visible buffer
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:14:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bpqln70d.wl%anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2zle6w1pz.fsf@tenbit.pl>
Hi!
> Hallo,
> can I save buffer that is not current one?
>
> something like that:
> (setq buf (find-file-noselect "/some/file"))
> (save-buffer buf)
>
> I see that 'save-buffer' does not get any parameter:(
Well, then you should make the buffer you want to save the current one:
(save-excursion
(set-buffer (setq buf (find-file-noselect "/some/file")))
(save-buffer buf))
save-excursion will make sure that the current buffer is restored when
you're done.
HTH,
Anselm
--
Anselm Helbig
mailto:anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-24 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-24 14:44 elisp: howto save not-visible buffer Michal
2009-04-24 20:14 ` Anselm Helbig [this message]
2009-04-25 6:49 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2009-04-27 10:45 ` Michal
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