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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/subr.el')
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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) |