From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roland Winkler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer' Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:19:20 -0600 Message-ID: <87aaxdqwqv.fsf@regnitz.physics.niu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261336811 6154 80.91.229.12 (20 Dec 2009 19:20:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:20:11 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 20 20:20:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NMRJz-0006uC-Jw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:20:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NMRJz-0006qF-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMRJe-0006TO-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:19:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMRJZ-0006Ja-Do for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:19:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50576 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NMRJZ-0006JQ-AG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:19:37 -0500 Original-Received: from tfkpsv.physik.uni-erlangen.de ([131.188.164.197]:14273) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NMRJZ-0006tk-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:19:37 -0500 Original-Received: from regnitz.physics.niu.edu (adsl-68-77-24-76.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net [68.77.24.76]) by tfkpsv.physik.uni-erlangen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5677F2145A for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:19:23 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: f7ccd24b0912180729i15ea208csba91532b1f1fb80f@mail.gmail.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:118744 Archived-At: Me too I've seen these messages with some code I've been using. Yet I wasn't sure how to interpret them / what to do with them. I looked into the elisp manual, but I didn't find anything. It would be great if someone could add a remark to the elisp manual and / or docstrings about the relation between save-excursion, set-buffer and with-current-buffer. Thanks, Roland