GNU bug report logs - #15045
Point jumps inappropriately around time of Semantic lexing

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com, 15045 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eric <at> siege-engine.com
Subject: bug#15045: Point jumps inappropriately around time of Semantic lexing
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:10:37 +0200

> The main problem is that speck narrows the buffer before calling
> `accept-process-output'. If that happens while the
> time-display-event-handler runs, you suddenly see a narrowed buffer,
> which is soon widened again. Pretty scary.

Very annoying, at least.

> The fix would be to undo any narrowing and restore point before calling
> `accept-process-output'.

Very inconvenient, at least.

Many thanks for the explanation and the investigative work, martin

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