GNU bug report logs - #16413
24.3.50; Inconsistent behavior of text property functions in narrowed buffer

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Message #50 received at 16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: dancol <at> dancol.org, 16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16413: 24.3.50;
 Inconsistent behavior of text property functions in narrowed buffer
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:18:24 +0200

> From: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
> Cc: dancol <at> dancol.org,  16413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 08:56:26 -0500
> 
> > point-max is and will always be a special case.  There's no way around
> > that.
> 
> But when dealing with text properties (and apparently only when dealing
> with text properties), there are _two_ special cases: (point-max) in a
> narrowed buffer, and (point-max) in a widened buffer.

Not if you never look at the properties when you hit the limit of the
search for previous/next property change.

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