From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: save-buffer like save-excursion Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:42:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174509553 17425 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2007 20:39:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:39:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 21 21:38:56 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 1HU7a8-0003fJ-0r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:38:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HU7bq-00052j-1U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:40:38 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:42:52 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:w0zNu9v7+WGORwD8IKynJVPBw/Q= Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-or7h4GVacwJZNKnGUxGjIWI/XnRWfjAjRNuLN0g2thSicugVn5sBNJrHgvbTpqSJcHhe/kzmX+3vXsW!1FU8C5af92NhA/qoEKVyq8ThDkvkSq03bBERoP/vqgVmvHQsIk3g9li/WJhGXxfVry8b3XRavZzM!WZ/GkaJlXDd9BZbHtA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:146476 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:42080 Archived-At: >> + 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. Stefan