-- RSridhar <rsridar50@dataone.in> |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: >> 1. I have a lisp code which saves file buffer and does some >> manipulation on the file in shell. subsequently it is reverted. >> However I have tried save-excursion before saving file which did not >> restore the file position on reverting. > > save-excursion uses markers to remember the position. But markers only > keep track of positions by keeping track of insertions/deletions and > adjusting the position accordingly. When the changes happen outside > Emacs, this doesn't work too well, because Emacs sees your revert-buffer > as just one big delete&insert. insert-file-contents tries to keep markers if possible, but that only works if the marker points into the unchanged head or tail of the replaced contents. Andreas.