Re: window.el modify current emacs23 behavior of anything.

[martin rudalics]

> Try M-: (progn (set-window-start (selected-window) (point)) (goto-char 
(point-min)))
>
> and you'll see the that set-window-point

... you mean `set-window-start' here I suppose ...

> wins even though it's run
> before the goto-char.
>
> That's why a sit-for works around the problem: it causes the
> set-window-start to be "executed", letting the subsequent goto-char do
> its job.

Indeed.  Thanks for the explanation :-)

> So maybe the right fix is to remove the call to set-window-start.

I did as Thierry suggested: Call `set-window-start' with NOFORCE
non-nil.

martin