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Re: Survival strategies for markers?
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Thorsten Jolitz |
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Re: Survival strategies for markers? |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:26:58 +0200 |
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"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> when markers are exposed to extreme conditions
>>
>> - copy buffer substring (with marker m) from buffer A to temporary
>> - buffer B
>> - modify buffer content in B
>> - change major mode in B
>>
>> how do they survive?
>>
>> Or, more prosaic, can I do these things and somehow copy (bufferlocal?)
>> m from A to B, or do I have to take an indirect approach remembering m's
>> position in A in a global var and set a new marker at that position in
>> B (or so)?
>
> The later.
>
> Markers are independent objects, they're not embedded in strings.
Ok, Thx!
--
cheers,
Thorsten