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| author | Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> | 2007-01-02 23:49:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> | 2007-01-02 23:49:25 +0000 |
| commit | dbf284bece5dee64e944d3e4baffd2d23fa94ab9 (patch) | |
| tree | 232219e51eab68a1b38f4340d850430943b01358 /lisp/subr.el | |
| parent | a6c327a88c6fe3595d02ca8d498d0a4d037b87db (diff) | |
| download | emacs-dbf284bece5dee64e944d3e4baffd2d23fa94ab9.tar.gz | |
(momentary-string-display): After moving point, set POS variable to it to avoid
later errors once the buffer is modified. Doc fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/subr.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 086163cca72..c98e14b6334 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -1887,6 +1887,7 @@ menu bar menus and the frame title." (defun momentary-string-display (string pos &optional exit-char message) "Momentarily display STRING in the buffer at POS. Display remains until next event is input. +If POS is a marker, only its position is used; its buffer is ignored. Optional third arg EXIT-CHAR can be a character, event or event description list. EXIT-CHAR defaults to SPC. If the input is EXIT-CHAR it is swallowed; otherwise it is then available as @@ -1904,6 +1905,8 @@ If MESSAGE is nil, instructions to type EXIT-CHAR are displayed there." (progn (save-excursion (goto-char pos) + ;; To avoid trouble with out-of-bounds position + (setq pos (point)) ;; defeat file locking... don't try this at home, kids! (setq buffer-file-name nil) (insert-before-markers string) |