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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> (defun buffer-narrowed-p ()
>>   "Return t if buffer is narrowed, nil otherwise."
>>   (or (> (point-min) 1)
>>       (< (point-max) (buffer-size))))
>
> Sometimes you can't avoid assuming that buffer positions start at 1, but
> that's rare.

What's worse is that I incorrectly assumed that buffer positions end
at (buffer-size), while they actually end at (1+ (buffer-size)). :-/

>  Even in the above case, for example, you can simply check:
>
>    (defun buffer-narrowed-p ()
>      (> (buffer-size) (- (point-max) (point-min))))

Thanks.  I'm still learning, maybe in a few years I'll be able to post
a snippet here that actually works. :-(

Slightly embarrassed,
Sven