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bug#21195: 25.0.50; Let MARKER arg to `set-marker' be a number
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#21195: 25.0.50; Let MARKER arg to `set-marker' be a number |
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Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:42:53 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Minor enhancement request. Let `set-marker' (aka `move-marker') accept
> a buffer position that is just a number as its first arg. IOW, give
> `set-marker' this behavior:
>
> (defun new-set-marker (num-or-marker position &optional buffer)
> "..."
> (unless (markerp num-or-marker)
> (setq num-or-marker (with-current-buffer buffer
> (copy-marker num-or-marker))))
> (set-marker num-or-marker position buffer))
Hm... Well, I don't really see the point. `set-marker' is so
conceptually clean. And saying `(set-marker (make-marker) ...)' is so
easy. Closing.
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- bug#21195: 25.0.50; Let MARKER arg to `set-marker' be a number,
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