Re: Temporarily select-window, without updating mode-line face and cursor fill?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Neither format-mode-line nor window-point manipulation is needed now.
> Unlike nlinum, it also does not require an after-change-function, opting
> instead to save a buffer tick and point-min/max to look for buffer
> modifications and any narrowing/widening.

Oh, that's a great idea.  I think this could really be retrofitted
directly into `line-number-at-pos` (and eventually used by
`format-mode-line` as well ;-).


        Stefan