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gnus-tree-hightlight-article moves point in summary buffer

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: gnus-tree-hightlight-article moves point in summary buffer
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:17:03 -0800

This bug affects gnus-summary-mark-forward; the point moves backward in
the summary buffer quite perplexingly.  The following patch seems to
suppress the symptoms of the bug:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diff --git a/lisp/gnus-salt.el b/lisp/gnus-salt.el
index 48b51d2..4b37980 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus-salt.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-salt.el
@@ -857,12 +857,14 @@ Two predefined functions are available:
       (set-buffer buf))))
 
 (defun gnus-tree-highlight-article (article face)
+  (save-excursion
   (with-current-buffer (gnus-get-tree-buffer)
     (let (region)
       (when (setq region (gnus-tree-article-region article))
 	(gnus-put-text-property (car region) (cdr region) 'face face)
 	(set-window-point
 	 (gnus-get-buffer-window (current-buffer) t) (cdr region))))))
+  )
 
 ;;; Allow redefinition of functions.
 (gnus-ems-redefine)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---




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Dave Abrahams

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