bug#810: 23.0.60; atomic-change-group narrowing problem

[martin rudalics]

> I would suggest that this is a bug in the function. Think for example of
> the case that you want to test something during narrowing and be sure
> that the buffer is not changed.

Does the attached patch do what you want?

martin

*** subr.el.~1.602.~    2008-07-31 07:33:45.000000000 +0200
--- subr.el     2008-08-29 11:15:34.765625000 +0200
***************
*** 1991,2016 ****
    (dolist (elt handle)
      (with-current-buffer (car elt)
        (setq elt (cdr elt))
!       (let ((old-car
!              (if (consp elt) (car elt)))
!             (old-cdr
!              (if (consp elt) (cdr elt))))
!         ;; Temporarily truncate the undo log at ELT.
!         (when (consp elt)
!           (setcar elt nil) (setcdr elt nil))
!         (unless (eq last-command 'undo) (undo-start))
!         ;; Make sure there's no confusion.
!         (when (and (consp elt) (not (eq elt (last pending-undo-list))))
!           (error "Undoing to some unrelated state"))
!         ;; Undo it all.
!         (save-excursion
!           (while (listp pending-undo-list) (undo-more 1)))
!         ;; Reset the modified cons cell ELT to its original content.
!         (when (consp elt)
!           (setcar elt old-car)
!           (setcdr elt old-cdr))
!         ;; Revert the undo info to what it was when we grabbed the state.
!         (setq buffer-undo-list elt)))))
  
  ;;;; Display-related functions.
  
--- 1991,2018 ----
    (dolist (elt handle)
      (with-current-buffer (car elt)
        (setq elt (cdr elt))
!       (save-restriction
!       (widen)
!       (let ((old-car
!              (if (consp elt) (car elt)))
!             (old-cdr
!              (if (consp elt) (cdr elt))))
!         ;; Temporarily truncate the undo log at ELT.
!         (when (consp elt)
!           (setcar elt nil) (setcdr elt nil))
!         (unless (eq last-command 'undo) (undo-start))
!         ;; Make sure there's no confusion.
!         (when (and (consp elt) (not (eq elt (last pending-undo-list))))
!           (error "Undoing to some unrelated state"))
!         ;; Undo it all.
!         (save-excursion
!           (while (listp pending-undo-list) (undo-more 1)))
!         ;; Reset the modified cons cell ELT to its original content.
!         (when (consp elt)
!           (setcar elt old-car)
!           (setcdr elt old-cdr))
!         ;; Revert the undo info to what it was when we grabbed the state.
!         (setq buffer-undo-list elt))))))
  
  ;;;; Display-related functions.