From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: insert gives args out of range Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:59:09 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87plq8n66z.fsf@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12772"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stephen Berman , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 16 13:00:31 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1seuh5-00037V-Bm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:00:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seugA-0001Xt-TC; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:59:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seufu-0001V5-RK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:59:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1seufs-0000oN-E1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:59:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1723805953; x=1724065153; bh=ZndxFT8xsP/4kibpKJ6boVgWN1cwVeIBsueVzsaQ68s=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=m1bnGKs5f7hPYdmIolEFoja1iH2kEUQvn4tLj9Rn4DS45qpwX15v55NvGefx7hVDm w2wQLeE0QcVOeiG/robugI6sPKPunZ/0Yx4VHPTUjg2BzYP1/w15Oo7prXXW+3KJdj l9VWbOMTQrfH/Jqt5tDOC2CUqTONaVWv+MZdZExqMs/Wi/2PEADRKVAARoraPY6/qo 0YmSYQdcoqO4Tv9dMCY3AMJfHdfdMBvSRgzMBC9zeSWeII/qtxRuGsq9ZUmyahHCUe Mwnw2Kr8o3ChDq5rYkAwzzh8eJAnwVB0MlIB+k+ZGJN8U52mkSqY5Z7u6Txcgx4+l0 AE1GE6yv03KZw== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 5445f06a5ce68933bd67c94e6416fcf1ee3f327c Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, TO_EQ_FM_DIRECT_MX=0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147708 Archived-At: On Friday, August 16th, 2024 at 10:20 PM, Heime wrote: > On Friday, August 16th, 2024 at 9:54 PM, Stephen Berman stephen.berman@gm= x.net wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:24:23 +0000 Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com wro= te: > >=20 > > > I want to display text starting from "(defun" up to the second blank = line that is encountered. > > >=20 > > > But with this code I get > > >=20 > > > insert: Args out of range: #, 2706, 2804 > > >=20 > > > (defun display-text () > > > "Display the text between a line starting with '(defun' and the secon= d blank line." > > > (interactive) > > > (let ((output-buffer (get-buffer-create "Defun Sections"))) > > > (with-current-buffer output-buffer > > > (erase-buffer)) ;; Clear previous contents > > > (save-excursion > > > (goto-char (point-min)) > > > (while (re-search-forward "^(defun" nil t) > > > (let ((start (match-beginning 0)) > > > (blank-lines 0) > > > end) > > > ;; Move forward to find the second blank line > > > (while (and (< blank-lines 2) > > > (re-search-forward "^\\s-*$" nil t)) > > > (setq blank-lines (1+ blank-lines))) > > > (setq end (point)) > > > ;; Ensure the range is valid before inserting > > > (when (> end start) > > > (with-current-buffer output-buffer > > > (insert (buffer-substring-no-properties start end) "\n")))))) > > > ;; Display the output buffer > > > (display-buffer output-buffer))) > >=20 > > You've set `start' and` end' in a different buffer than output-buffer > > but you're invoking buffer-substring-no-properties with these values in > > output-buffer, which you've erased, so those values are not in the rang= e > > of possible values in output-buffer. Try let-binding the result of > > invoking buffer-substring-no-properties before the second invocation of > > with-current-buffer. > >=20 > > Steve Berman I updated as suggested. Although I get the output, the search stops on the= first blank line rather than on the second blank line.