Re: Tracking buffer positions across time, without markers (was Re: PL support)

["João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:02 PM Clément Pit-Claudel
<cpitclaudel@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Now I understand Stefan's suggestion. You should be able to record
> > the value of the variable buffer-undo-list into a variable at the
> > time you make the request.  Then you need a function that, given that
> > value OLD-BUL, a buffer position OLD, the new value of
> > buffer-undo-list NEW-BUL and a thing called X,  gives you the current
> > buffer position NEW where a marker of type X would have ended up if
> > it had been set at OLD.
>
> Thanks, but I think you're just explaining back my suggestion to me :)

Sorry.  Now you know I didn't read your mail in all that detail :D

you should have written an executive summary :-)

João