From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: save-excursion fails to restore point
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:03:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <63D26AC4-B7EA-46B1-8D05-A679C67ABF3A@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20524da70906091356x1f0dc7e4h249e2d92f93b9977@mail.gmail.com>
On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Samuel Wales wrote:
> Here is a minimal test case:
>
> (save-excursion
> (outline-up-heading 1 'invisible-ok)
> (org-sort-entries-or-items nil ?a))
>
> What happens is that point stays on the parent headline.
>
> What I expect is for save-excursion to save point no
> differently from just saving point and doing goto-char.
>
> Also:
>
> When I change a todo state and then sort entries manually
> using my sort function, everything works. But when I do so
> from org-after-todo-state-change-hook, point gets placed on
> the parent headline. Point gets changed right after the
> save-excursion in org-todo (3rd paren from last).
>
> Reproducible?
>
> RMS in the reply to
> http://www.archivum.info/bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org/2006-01/msg00053.html
> seems to say that it is inevitable.
I think it is in fact unavoidable when you delete and re-insert
text that contained a marker. Not impossible to fix, or does
in fact do if for clock history markers, but for the sorting routine
that would really be too much to ask.
- Carsten
>
> Is there a way for org to work around this?
>
> If not, it is a warning to the wise.
>
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2009-06-09 20:56 save-excursion fails to restore point Samuel Wales
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2009-06-10 16:11 ` Samuel Wales
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