Re: sort-lines in HEAD is not compatible with current Emacs - with patch

[Ehud Karni]

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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:39:42 -0500, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> The code that you removed was designed specifically to prevent
> the specific problem that you've recorded.  So it is very strange
> that you need to take it out to fix the problem.
> 
> Could you see where the markers are at these points in the code:
> 
> here
Markers: beg=#<81>, in=#<129>, end=#<177>          initial 
> !     (insert-before-markers " ")
> here
Markers: beg=#<81>, in=#<129>, end=#<178>          OK
> !     ;; Delete the original copy of the text.
> !     (delete-region min max)
> here
Markers: beg=#<81>, in=#<81>, end=#<82>            OK
> !     ;; Now replace the separator " " with the sorted text.
> !     (goto-char (point-max))
  This line is the bug, It should be changed to:  (goto-char min)
  otherwise insertion is done AFTER the marker !!!

>       (insert-buffer-substring temp-buffer)
> here
Markers: beg=#<81>, in=#<81>, end=#<82>    NOT good, end should be 178

> !     (delete-region min (1+ min))))))
  This should be: (delete-region max (1+ max))))))
  because the insertion must be done before the added space.
> here
Markers: beg=#<81>, in=#<81>, end=#<81>


The bug can be fixed by the code I submitted the 1st time or by the 2
changes above. My original solution has less code but enlarge the 
original buffer by the size of the sorted region for a brief time (it
does the delete AFTER insertion while the above code does it BEFORE).

Ehud.


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