Re: set-window-point

[Nick Roberts]

 >     The disassembly buffer appears in its own frame as a dedicated window
 >     with frame focus and Emacs makes this window selected.  The cursor is
 >     at the start of the buffer and Edebug shows that set-window-point
 >     doesn't move it.
 > 
 > Is the disassembly buffer the current buffer at the time?
 > 
 > Perhaps the problem case is where the window is selected
 > but the buffer is not current.  Can you find out if this is so?

Yes, you're right.  If I use the patch below it works.  Shall I install
it, or is it a bug in set-window-point?  If it's not a bug, I think
this behaviour should be documented.

Nick

*** gdb-ui.el   13 Nov 2005 21:31:16 +1300      1.111
--- gdb-ui.el   14 Nov 2005 12:29:46 +1300      
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*** 2702,2708 ****
                  (if (re-search-forward address nil t)
                      (gdb-put-breakpoint-icon (eq flag ?y) bptno))))))))
      (if (not (equal gdb-frame-address "main"))
!       (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer 0) pos))))
  
  (defvar gdb-assembler-mode-map
    (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
--- 2702,2709 ----
                  (if (re-search-forward address nil t)
                      (gdb-put-breakpoint-icon (eq flag ?y) bptno))))))))
      (if (not (equal gdb-frame-address "main"))
!       (with-current-buffer (gdb-get-buffer 'gdb-assembler-buffer)
!         (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer 0) pos)))))
  
  (defvar gdb-assembler-mode-map
    (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))