Re: scroll-left question

[Klaus Berndl]

On 07 Nov 2002, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:



>  Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> writes:
>  
> > On 07 Nov 2002, Klaus Berndl wrote:
> > 
> > >  
> > >  What can be the reason(s) for the following (IMHO mysterious) behavior:
> > >  
> > >  If i call interactively scroll-left (means by hitting C-x <) then all
> > >  is working fine, i.e. window/buffer is scrolled horiz.
>  The reasons seems to be obvious for me. C-x < runs in the current buffer.
>  
> > >  
> > >  But if i call it from program (simulated by doing M-: (scroll-left)
> > >  RET) then nothing happens.
>  Well that runs in the minibuffer, how should it scroll another window?

Definitely not.

Even tried:

,----
| (save-selected-window
|   (select-window (get-buffer-window
|                   (get-buffer "buffer/window-to-scroll")))
|   (scroll-left 5))
`----

which operates definitively in the right window but same effect, means NO
effect, means NO scrolling to left!

>  
>  
> > >  
> > >  And even more mysteriously this behavior is only true for some windows
> > >  but for other windows not, i.e. in some windows the behavior is
> > >  identical regardless if C-x < or M-: (scroll-left) RET...
>  Well this is *really* strange, and I do not have any explanation for
>  that.

IMHO the above is strange too!

Ciao,
Klaus

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