From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Schooler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Set-window-point in append-to-buffer Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:25:33 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429576340 15898 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2015 00:32:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:32:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 21 02:32:18 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YkM6r-0007DV-Tl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:32:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55747 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkM6r-00042i-Cw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:32:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35137) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkL4K-0002MW-4E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:25:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkL4J-000740-62 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:25:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]:35679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkL4I-00073r-T5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:25:35 -0400 Original-Received: by pabtp1 with SMTP id tp1so221637310pab.2 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:25:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=WPoLAsib1Q/rkAijx2AIAPYE/km/Te1e0052h6iwLd8=; b=alHB6mGsyqCHvjxT04/37erg94SYdtnLZXED7M0+CM2lsmQsdJXOnhM9TpExkqw5QX mb1XbGeqvgGfjaUZLJc+wMTEbzdLA8DKPp2akdxmXFgNCwtQtnA4kV/MxhP0Aufa3ysV N9jMOE24WBk3WWLoSFDtuEJWwd1s5rx4xRy5UQOmMLVA9O9QpgcIGJ+DSBixyggk72GM FJUXKsUDz7LJtkM4jWs9deZjmarI+N8qnvhorcD0cw49kOURLZo6cFHJFCA1lj3iZVcz 3Nwgl8VghIecvJG3U4ppKBbyzNzhgVcFc+mvgwdwMJZJAGrlt9orRihkIcMb6INa5eRf cQog== X-Received: by 10.66.137.2 with SMTP id qe2mr31955591pab.77.1429572333199; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.70.48.169 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:25:33 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:32:08 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103892 Archived-At: The append-to-buffer function's definition ends with: (dolist (window windows) (when (= (window-point window) point) (set-window-point window (point)))))))) What is the purpose of this? Experimenting, I commented out this code and re-ran, but could detect no difference in functionality?