From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Friedrich Dominicus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: scroll-left question Date: 07 Nov 2002 13:20:35 +0100 Organization: Q Software Solutions GmbH Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k7jplgfg.fsf@fbigm.here> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036672935 16191 80.91.224.249 (7 Nov 2002 12:42:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:42:15 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 189lzA-0004Cu-00 for ; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:42:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189lvJ-000748-00; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 07:38:14 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!dca6-feed2.news.algx.net!dfw3-feed1.news.algx.net!allegiance!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1036671576 07 31557 69QZEVtXScAQhe 021107 12:19:36 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 320004655587-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106816 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3370 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3370 Klaus Berndl writes: > On 07 Nov 2002, Klaus Berndl wrote: > > Forgot to mention: > Using NTEmacs 21.2.1 I don't think that make any-difference > > > > > What can be the reason(s) for the following (IMHO mysterious) behavior: > > > > If i call interactively scroll-left (means by hitting C-x <) then all is > > working fine, i.e. window/buffer is scrolled horiz. The reasons seems to be obvious for me. C-x < runs in the current buffer. > > > > But if i call it from program (simulated by doing M-: (scroll-left) RET) > > then nothing happens. Well that runs in the minibuffer, how should it scroll another window? > > > > And even more mysteriously this behavior is only true for some windows but > > for other windows not, i.e. in some windows the behavior is identical > > regardless if C-x < or M-: (scroll-left) RET... Well this is *really* strange, and I do not have any explanation for that. Regards Friedrich