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RE: call function in other window ?
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: call function in other window ? |
Date: |
Sat, 20 May 2017 18:27:34 -0700 (PDT) |
> >> 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)))))
>
> Thank you Drew. Wouldn't it be something that people use
> frequently enough that is has its own function in Emacs ?
If you think it's useful to add to Emacs, please file an
enhancement request: `M-x report-emacs-bug' (that's for
enhancement request too, not just bugs). The request will
be considered, perhaps discussed, and someone will decide
whether to grant it.
I don't know whether others will find such a function useful.
I haven't needed it. I imagine that most people who are
going to write Lisp code to act on a buffer will know to
use `with-current-buffer', and to get to the buffer of
another window they will use `window-buffer'. Those are
commonly used. Whether it is common to want to act on the
buffer in `next-window' is something else.
My guess is that such code is straightforward and short enough
that it won't be thought very useful to have such a function
predefined. But certainly if someone were going to do exactly
that frequently (e.g. act on the buffer in the `next-window')
then such a function could be handy. You pose that question:
whether such a need is frequent. Dunno, but I don't think so.
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- RE: call function in other window ?, Drew Adams, 2017/05/20
- Re: call function in other window ?, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2017/05/20
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- Re: call function in other window ?, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Joost Kremers, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Emanuel Berg, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2017/05/21
- Re: call function in other window ?, Emanuel Berg, 2017/05/21