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From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
	<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: insert gives args out of range
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:24:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <LtUzWX6BTOKD69crJN40wJ2aV0wjgloiMzR2l4bWWOuoCojlUuieoT2hQwtKzFWBI8SiFUJcq_z-VVE79OW4C9GR9XimDokanY1ZQSpjO2A=@protonmail.com> (raw)

I want to display text starting from "(defun" up to the second blank line that is encountered.

But with this code I get 

insert: Args out of range: #<buffer *Defun Sections*>, 2706, 2804

(defun display-text ()
  "Display the text between a line starting with '(defun' and the second blank line."
  (interactive)
  (let ((output-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Defun Sections*")))
    (with-current-buffer output-buffer
      (erase-buffer)) ;; Clear previous contents
    (save-excursion
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward "^(defun" nil t)
        (let ((start (match-beginning 0))
              (blank-lines 0)
              end)
          ;; Move forward to find the second blank line
          (while (and (< blank-lines 2)
                      (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t))
            (setq blank-lines (1+ blank-lines)))
          (setq end (point))
          ;; Ensure the range is valid before inserting
          (when (> end start)
            (with-current-buffer output-buffer
              (insert (buffer-substring-no-properties start end) "\n"))))))
    ;; Display the output buffer
    (display-buffer output-buffer)))





             reply	other threads:[~2024-08-16  9:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-16  9:24 Heime [this message]
2024-08-16  9:54 ` insert gives args out of range Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 10:20   ` Heime
2024-08-16 10:59     ` Heime
2024-08-16 11:51       ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 12:03         ` Heime
2024-08-16 12:10           ` Heime
2024-08-16 12:26             ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 15:01               ` Heime
2024-08-16 15:09                 ` Heime
2024-08-16 15:16                   ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 15:21                     ` Heime
2024-08-16 15:34                       ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 17:32                         ` Heime
2024-08-16 21:29                           ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-16 21:47                             ` Heime
2024-08-16 22:26                               ` Stephen Berman
2024-08-17  9:47                                 ` Heime

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