Re: call function in other window ?

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

Thanks everybody for the replies.

It maybe that my workflow does not include (yet) methods that are specific to 
the way emacs works. I'll try to see specifically what I want and why I want it 
that way and will get back to this thread. Thank you again.

Jean-Christophe 

> On May 21, 2017, at 7:43, Jean-Christophe Helary 
> <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Drew.
> 
> Wouldn't it be something that people use frequently enough that is has its 
> own function in Emacs ?
> 
> Jean-Christophe 
> 
>> On May 21, 2017, at 5:25, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there an argument to M-x... to call a function not in the current
>>> buffer/window but in a different one (like the one targeted by "other
>>> window" ? Or a different way to do that ?
>> 
>> (defun foo (fn &rest args)
>> (let ((win  (next-window)))
>>   (when win
>>     (with-current-buffer (window-buffer win)
>>      (apply fn args)))))
>