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Re: scroll-left question
From: |
Klaus Berndl |
Subject: |
Re: scroll-left question |
Date: |
07 Nov 2002 18:48:12 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
On 07 Nov 2002, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
> Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> writes:
>
> > On 07 Nov 2002, Klaus Berndl wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > What can be the reason(s) for the following (IMHO mysterious) behavior:
> > >
> > > If i call interactively scroll-left (means by hitting C-x <) then all
> > > is working fine, i.e. window/buffer is scrolled horiz.
> The reasons seems to be obvious for me. C-x < runs in the current buffer.
>
> > >
> > > But if i call it from program (simulated by doing M-: (scroll-left)
> > > RET) then nothing happens.
> Well that runs in the minibuffer, how should it scroll another window?
Definitely not.
Even tried:
,----
| (save-selected-window
| (select-window (get-buffer-window
| (get-buffer "buffer/window-to-scroll")))
| (scroll-left 5))
`----
which operates definitively in the right window but same effect, means NO
effect, means NO scrolling to left!
>
>
> > >
> > > And even more mysteriously this behavior is only true for some windows
> > > but for other windows not, i.e. in some windows the behavior is
> > > identical regardless if C-x < or M-: (scroll-left) RET...
> Well this is *really* strange, and I do not have any explanation for
> that.
IMHO the above is strange too!
Ciao,
Klaus
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