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bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken
From: |
Thierry Volpiatto |
Subject: |
bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:34:22 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:
> The problem is that `with-temp-buffer-window' should substitute
> `with-output-to-temp-buffer' and the latter doesn't make the buffer
> current. As a matter of fact, the inconsistency you discovered could
> have led to output misleading text, for example, if BODY tried to print
> the value of the current buffer and that buffer would be that of the
> temporary buffer. The idea is that from Emacs' POV the temporary buffer
> doesn't exist unless you consider standard output part of that view.
>
> I deeply apologize for the inconveniences this has caused you. More so
> because if you hadn't reported this bug you would not have experienced
> them in the first place. Nevertheless note that you have reported a bug
> which may have already caused people to misinterpret Help information
> without noting it. So yours was a very valuable contribution.
Thanks for explanation.
> I sincerely hope that you can rearrange you code accordingly.
Done thanks, I have now a macro similar to `with-temp-buffer-window' but
that doesn't expect standard-output.
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Thierry
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- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, Thierry Volpiatto, 2014/02/25
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, Glenn Morris, 2014/02/25
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, Thierry Volpiatto, 2014/02/25
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, martin rudalics, 2014/02/26
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken,
Thierry Volpiatto <=
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, Thierry Volpiatto, 2014/02/28
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, martin rudalics, 2014/02/28
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, Thierry Volpiatto, 2014/02/28
- bug#16882: 24.3.50; with-temp-buffer-window broken, martin rudalics, 2014/02/28