Re: save-buffer like save-excursion

[Stefan Monnier]

>> + Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>> 
>> | with-current-buffer (or save-current-buffer).
>> 
>> Duh.  Another wheel reinvented (in my earlier post in the thread).

> Anytime I work on something in emacs I have the overwhelmingly feeling
> it's already been done.  Half the time I turn out to be right.  The
> naming conventions seem totally arbitrary, so even with apropos and
> everything it's hard to find the function you want.

> Maybe I should ask again about the main project I'm working on.  Has an
> ed emulator already been made for emacs?

I suspect some part of it might be included in viper.


        Stefan