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Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers |
Date: |
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:14:27 +0800 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> > And why do you use 1 instead of point-min?
>>
>> Mostly because I prefer to state it explicitly to not confuse BOB with
>> beginning of a narrow. Is there any scenario when BOB is not at 1?
>
> When the buffer is narrowed, of course. Suppose some Help function
> decides for some reason to narrow the buffer: then 1 won't work
> anymore the way you intended.
I understand. But then (point-min) will not be the actual beginning of
(bare) buffer. That's why I used 1 explicitly to not confuse beginning
of norrowed part of the buffer with the actual beginning of the buffer.
Best,
Ihor
Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/01