From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9991: Incorrect return value from forward-line Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:24:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4EB90143.4020102@inria.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320776712 6097 80.91.229.12 (8 Nov 2011 18:25:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9991@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tiphaine Turpin Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 08 19:25:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM6-0007K1-0g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:25:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51066 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM5-00081s-B7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33060) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM3-00080f-29 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM2-0007Vr-7S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40452) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM2-0007Va-5w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqM1-0001s6-Oh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9991 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9991-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9991.13207766477127 (code B ref 9991); Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9991) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Nov 2011 18:24:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqL7-0001qq-6b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:24:06 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10] ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqL5-0001qg-0T for 9991@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:24:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNqL3-0000rm-PF; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:24:01 -0500 X-Spook: lock picking enforcers Project Monarch North Korea X-Ran: Kp+6;5YD:\6i5{z)\/a:otx,"#+Jx,J (Tiphaine Turpin's message of "Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:15:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:25:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:53712 Archived-At: 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.)