Subject: bug#11266: emacs 23.4 with --batch and (next-line)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:46:29 -0400

tags 11266 notabug
thanks

> emacs -batch config.log --eval "(next-line 1)"
> And you'll see and End of buffer message.  While
> emacs -Q config.log --eval "(next-line 1)"
> Produces no such error.

`next-line' in Emacs-23 was changed to use visual lines rather than
logical lines, so its behavior depends on the shape of the selected
window.  And indeed, the selected-window depends on the terminal
(-batch uses a dummy terminal).

        Stefan