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24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window |
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Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:29:27 +0100 |
The docstring of `with-temp-buffer-window' contains :
It does not make the buffer current for BODY.
(2nd sentence of 2nd paragraph).
But I think that is wrong, because :
(with-temp-buffer-window
(get-buffer-create "foo")
nil
nil
(message "curbuf: %s"
(current-buffer)))
outputs "curbuf: foo"
If this is a docbug, here's a suggestion :
--- a/lisp/window.el
+++ b/lisp/window.el
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ BUFFER-OR-NAME must specify either a live buffer, or the
name of a
buffer (if it does not exist, this macro creates it).
This construct makes buffer BUFFER-OR-NAME empty before running BODY.
-It does not make the buffer current for BODY.
-Instead it binds `standard-output' to that buffer, so that output
-generated with `prin1' and similar functions in BODY goes into
-the buffer.
+It makes the buffer current for BODY and binds `standard-output' to that
+buffer, so that output generated with `prin1' and similar functions in
+BODY goes into the buffer.
At the end of BODY, this marks the specified buffer unmodified and
read-only, and displays it in a window (but does not select it, or make
--
Nico.
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