From: Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com>
To: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: save-current-buffer
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:24:53 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <864p39gi7u.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0oCdnWtUBfnQ8GfVnZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> (B. T. Raven's message of "Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:12:35 -0500")
save-current-buffer is a special form in `C source code'.
(save-current-buffer &rest body)
Save the current buffer; execute body; restore the current buffer.
Executes body just like `progn'.
strange indeed,dunno why it works this way.
"B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> writes:
> Andreas Politz wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is this a bug, or am I missing something ?
>> Eval this in *scratch* buffer and you end up in the *Help* one.
>>
>> (save-current-buffer
>> (switch-to-buffer "*Help*"))
>>
>>
>> GNU Emacs 22.2.1
>>
>>
>> -ap
>
> That's what you would expect. If you don't have an Emacs generated
> read-only *Help* buffer open then you will create an editable one with
> that name. Why does it seem like a bug? Of course the file *Help*
> can't be saved because the file name is illegal.
>
> Ed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-19 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-18 20:43 save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-18 23:12 ` save-current-buffer B. T. Raven
2008-10-19 2:57 ` save-current-buffer Chris F.A. Johnson
2008-10-20 0:37 ` save-current-buffer B. T. Raven
2008-10-19 7:24 ` Glauber Alex Dias Prado [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1486.1224401134.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-19 10:31 ` save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-19 15:44 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.1511.1224431046.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-21 11:26 ` save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-21 21:21 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
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