From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: insert gives args out of range Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:20:33 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87plq8n66z.fsf@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10632"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 16 12:21:20 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1seu59-0002WM-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:21:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seu4a-0000sd-L1; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:20:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seu4Y-0000sT-Qm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:20:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40130.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.130]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seu4W-0003Vh-RS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:20:42 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1723803638; x=1724062838; bh=oX41hIiDJV90Z2ZqD9xbfeRWyMdKW6oEijkxOtshI30=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=vUeMFQIEjJpC42GMqiaeu1UkZ/Ay8hoHLPg3J5EdEwqYVbbHzHMF4Pq2cTUD+ar+5 T6PJyFPzNPl/wjqpEJ1t1/ENbJvzr2XJNxFSv47ft/D+0vDD/UKVqj9VcbRw4YYqd2 nuqD/6mMbtyETMGubtXfDeZWclliCsfUpNi4eFKGWyTNw8exhX1sFImV+dD4fgoTad sN61NPbsoHuyFkTdpoWGNOoNKI7OEZ5xQNfRBiALE/OPjK6PqAE9T1lHP4NbJlBQN2 2yyPAyi+Bfq8DJRZMN3vHiE90kPRVWAn245DeifSGAKJcXGXgG0+mZX0S3bDNLTfup IRJ6ukwm5wjmA== In-Reply-To: <87plq8n66z.fsf@gmx.net> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: e511475a2acb6f0bc5642da289b5d1440fecd2d8 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.130; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40130.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147707 Archived-At: On Friday, August 16th, 2024 at 9:54 PM, Stephen Berman wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:24:23 +0000 Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com wrote= : >=20 > > I want to display text starting from "(defun" up to the second blank li= ne that is encountered. > >=20 > > But with this code I get > >=20 > > insert: Args out of range: #, 2706, 2804 > >=20 > > (defun display-text () > > "Display the text between a line starting with '(defun' and the second = blank line." > > (interactive) > > (let ((output-buffer (get-buffer-create "Defun Sections"))) > > (with-current-buffer output-buffer > > (erase-buffer)) ;; Clear previous contents > > (save-excursion > > (goto-char (point-min)) > > (while (re-search-forward "^(defun" nil t) > > (let ((start (match-beginning 0)) > > (blank-lines 0) > > end) > > ;; Move forward to find the second blank line > > (while (and (< blank-lines 2) > > (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t)) > > (setq blank-lines (1+ blank-lines))) > > (setq end (point)) > > ;; Ensure the range is valid before inserting > > (when (> end start) > > (with-current-buffer output-buffer > > (insert (buffer-substring-no-properties start end) "\n")))))) > > ;; Display the output buffer > > (display-buffer output-buffer))) >=20 >=20 > You've set `start' and` end' in a different buffer than output-buffer > but you're invoking buffer-substring-no-properties with these values in > output-buffer, which you've erased, so those values are not in the range > of possible values in output-buffer. Try let-binding the result of > invoking buffer-substring-no-properties before the second invocation of > with-current-buffer. >=20 > Steve Berman You're correct