* Repositioning point to buffer beginning @ 2022-10-22 2:04 Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2022-10-22 2:44 ` Emanuel Berg 2022-10-22 6:50 ` Jean Louis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2022-10-22 2:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor I am printing a list in a buffer, calling it many times with (viewer (people "World" 'beg) (viewer (animals "World" 'beg) (viewer (places "World" 'beg) The problem is that if I place point somewhere in the World buffer, point is not repositioned at the beginning of the buffer everytime viewer is called. -------------------- (defun viewer (list bufrn &optional pos) "Shows list details in buffer BUFRN." (setq actm (or actm 'end)) (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create bufrn) (if (eq actm 'beg) (beginning-of-buffer) (end-of-buffer))) (princ (format "%s\n" list) (get-buffer bufrn))) (if (eq actm 'beg) (beginning-of-buffer) (end-of-buffer)))) (pop-to-buffer bufrn)) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Repositioning point to buffer beginning 2022-10-22 2:04 Repositioning point to buffer beginning Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2022-10-22 2:44 ` Emanuel Berg 2022-10-22 6:50 ` Jean Louis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg @ 2022-10-22 2:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > (if (eq actm 'beg) (beginning-of-buffer) (end-of-buffer))) (goto-char (point-min)) (goto-char (point-max)) Se the help for `beginning-of-buffer' and `end-of-buffer'. Yes, that practice isn't optimal but it's what we have anyway ... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Repositioning point to buffer beginning 2022-10-22 2:04 Repositioning point to buffer beginning Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2022-10-22 2:44 ` Emanuel Berg @ 2022-10-22 6:50 ` Jean Louis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2022-10-22 6:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor * Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2022-10-22 05:30]: > I am printing a list in a buffer, calling it many times with > > (viewer (people "World" 'beg) > > (viewer (animals "World" 'beg) > > (viewer (places "World" 'beg) > > The problem is that if I place point somewhere in the World buffer, point > is not repositioned at the beginning of the buffer everytime viewer > is called. You may use function `goto-char', or (goto-char (point-min)) -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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