GNU bug report logs - #13429
24.2; `window-end' returns point after last point in window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 13429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>, 13429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13429: 24.2; `window-end' returns point after last point in
 window
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:23:33 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> For example, when a given window is displaying a buffer that overflows
>> the window, a call to `window-end' will return the greatest visible
>> position **plus one**.
>
> This is what is meant by "position at which display ends".
> Suggestions for how to describe that better are welcome.

I've added an extra sentence to the doc string in Emacs 28 to try to
clarify this.

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