Re: Sudden jumping point in buffer. Probably a bug?

[Phillip Lord]

Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden> writes:

> On 11/18/2015 08:49 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>>> I'm using emacs as 64 bit compiled on windows 7/64 and linux 64 bit. Since
>>> quite a while I have the problem that, while typing, the cursor (point) is
>>> sometimes suddenly jumping to another position in buffer.
>>
>> Does this happen in "emacs -Q"?  If not, look for a deviant timer or a
>> post-command-hook set up by some of your customizations and optional
>> features you load.
>
> I think it's already been mentioned here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01655.html


I don't know if this issue is related or not. It's not caused by my
patch.

I have also noticed some fairly random jumping of point. I make
extensive use of post-command-hooks, so I assumed it was my code that
caused the breakage but if other people are having the same problem,
maybe not.

Phil