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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Tiphaine Turpin <tiphaine.turpin@inria.fr>
Cc: 9991@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9991: Incorrect return value from forward-line
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:24:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ipd3d2qxq6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EB90143.4020102@inria.fr> (Tiphaine Turpin's message of "Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:15:31 +0100")

Tiphaine Turpin wrote:

> The number of lines left to move which is returned by forward-line
> considers the last line as processed if it is not empty. For example,
> (forward-line 1) evaluates to 0 if point is on the last line but
> strictly before the end of the buffer.

I think you are describing the documented behaviour?

C-h f forward-line

   With positive N, a non-empty line at the end counts as one line
   successfully moved (for the return value).

(ISTR thinking it odd myself.)





  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-08 18:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-08 10:15 bug#9991: Incorrect return value from forward-line Tiphaine Turpin
2011-11-08 18:24 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-11-08 20:31   ` Tiphaine Turpin

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