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Subject: Re: (save-excursion (other-window 1)) leaves me in the other window
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Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> writes:

> A native reimplementation of scroll-other-window doesn't work as I'd
> expect:
>
>   (save-excursion
>     (other-window 1)
>     (scroll-up))
>
> The problem is that the current window isn't restored, which
> surprised me considerably.  Why doesn't this work, and how would I
> write a function to go do some stuff in the other window and then
> come back?

I believe save-excursion should be save-window-excursion.
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