Re: save-window-excursion doesn't restore point properly

[Michael Cadilhac]

"Shawn Betts" <address@hidden> writes:

> Steps to reproduce:
>
> C-x 1
> C-x 2
> C-p
> M-: (save-window-excursion (other-window 1))
>
> Note that the point is restored to the same place the point is in the
> other window.

  As written in the documentation, the point of the current buffer is
  not restored.

,----[ C-h f save-window-excursion RET ]
| save-window-excursion is a special form in `src/window.c'.
| (save-window-excursion body ...)
| 
| Execute body, preserving window sizes and contents.
| Return the value of the last form in body.
| Restore which buffer appears in which window, where display starts,
| and the value of point and mark for each window.
| Also restore the choice of selected window.
| Also restore which buffer is current.
| Does not restore the value of point in current buffer.
| 
| [back]
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