Fwd: :show-marks

[Marc Simpson]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:09 AM Paul Fox <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> marc wrote:
>  > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 9:20 AM Marc Simpson <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > It looks like :show-marks (or :marks, :list-marks) erroneously
>  > > displays '(none)' for buffers that have one or more marks.
>  >
>  > I only just noticed the most significant part of this problem:
>  >
>  >     Named marks for [Named Marks]
>  >     (none)
>  >
>  > i.e., :marks is listing marks for its own buffer, not the buffer that
>  > was being edited.
>  >
>
> I think it's because the [Named Marks] buffer is current.  If you
> switch back to your edit buffer, the [Named Marks] buffer updates
> correctly.

Confirmed here too; thanks Paul.

> So it seems like :show-marks buffer is being made current,
> when it shouldn't be.

Agreed.

Sidenote/related: It also looks like marks in the [Named Marks] buffer
are ignored, even though the "[Mark 'x' set]" is displayed.  If this
is intentional, then perhaps that message should be suppressed or
changed.