From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: save-buffer like save-excursion
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:54:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvps75ubvi.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1069.1174204758.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Is there a command like save-excursion that only saves the buffer? I
> have several functions that must set-buffer temporarily, then do things
> that change point. I always want these point changes, but if set-buffer
> changed the buffer (not necessarily true), I want to reverse that change.
> So, is there already a command for this?
with-current-buffer (or save-current-buffer).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-19 3:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.1069.1174204758.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-18 9:23 ` save-buffer like save-excursion Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-03-18 9:56 ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-03-19 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-03-19 5:30 ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-03-19 7:33 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-03-19 21:36 ` Matthew Flaschen
[not found] ` <mailman.1132.1174340311.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-21 19:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-03-23 1:35 ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-03-18 7:57 Matthew Flaschen
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