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Re: set_window_buffer
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: set_window_buffer |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:39 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>>> That may be a good change, but I suspect it leads to changes in Lisp
>>> primitives that ought to be documented in NEWS and in the Lisp Manual.
>>
>> While nowhere does it say that the buffer is preserved, I couldn't find
>> any place where set-window-buffer is said to sometimes change
>> current-buffer (not even a vague hint). I think this is a pure bug fix.
> IMHO we should mention it in NEWS. I suppose a couple of applications
> not distributed with Emacs might rely on the faulty behavior.
I'd be really impressed if that's the case.
Stefan