bug#17777: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-24 r117241: Fix bug #17777 with keyboard macros and visual-order cursor movement.

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >    if (w->window_end_valid
>> > +      && NILP (Vexecuting_kbd_macro)
>> >        && !windows_or_buffers_changed
>> >        && b
>> >        && !b->clip_changed
>> NILP (Vexecuting_kbd_macro) seems like a workaround.
> It isn't.
>> Why can't the glyph matrix be used in this case?
> Because cursor position is not up-to-date in that case.
>> I means which part of the glyph matrix is wrong in the OP's recipe
>> (since this makes no change to the buffer)?
> The cursor position.

But that can occur even without executing kbd macros, no?
Wouldn't it be better to ignore the cursor position given in the glyph
matrix and use (point) instead?


        Stefan