Re: how to control isearch for invisible text

[Stefan Monnier]

> This is pretty useless, since in your kind of application, it would be
> important to know window-point rather than point.  The documentation
> of window-point already states:

So it's called multiple times on the same buffer for each window that
displays the buffer.  And you pass the window as argument (so you rename it
to pre-redisplay-functions).  Big deal.  Next "problem"?

> And that is precisely the same problem with reveal-mode: sit-for can
> be called inside of save-excursions, and the current window-point need
> not correspond with the point relevant at top-level.

What matters is what is displayed.  Which is why a pre-redisplay-hoook is
what is needed.


        Stefan