Re: [Patch] hard-widen-limits [was Re: Syntax tables for multiple modes [was: bug#22983: syntax-ppss returns wrong result.]]

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> (defun call-with-hard-narrowing (from to func)
>>> (make-local-variable 'internal--hard-widen-limits)
>>> (let ((internal--hard-widen-limits (cons from to)))
>>> (funcall func)))
>> Hmm... I now realize that this won't handle the case of info-mode
>> buffers (and similarly rmail buffers) where the hard-narrowing is not
>> scoped.
> What does this mean in plain English?

That it sets narrowing and leaves it there.  So it can't use
call-with-hard-narrowing for that.


        Stefan