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24.3.50; Error running timer `font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay'

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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news <at> mygooglest.com>
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Cc: public-16879-ubl+/3LiMTaZdePnXv/OxA <at> plane.gmane.org
Subject: bug#16879: 24.3.50; Error running timer `font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay'
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:18:11 +0100

Hello Nicolas,

Nicolas Richard wrote:
> Sebastien Vauban writes:
>>   ╭────
>>   │ Error running timer `font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay':
>>   │ (wrong-number-of-arguments (2 . 2) 3) [2 times]
>>   ╰────
>
> The function `font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay' is provided by
> auctex. This bug was (temporarily) fixed in the auctex repository in
> commit 5b5ef6ee.
>
> Here's the commit msg:
>     * font-latex.el (font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay): Don't rely
>     on existing `jit-lock-force-redisplay' because recent bzr Emacs
>     broke compatibility changing the number of arguments.  Reported by
>     Robert Goldman.
>
> See also bug #14394
>
> The fix was temporary.
>
> Here's the more recent definition of
> font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay:
> (defun font-latex-jit-lock-force-redisplay (buf start end)
>   "Compatibility for Emacsen not offering `jit-lock-force-redisplay'."
>     ;; The following block is an expansion of `jit-lock-force-redisplay'
>     ;; and involved macros taken from CVS Emacs on 2007-04-28.
>     (with-current-buffer buf
>       (let ((modified (buffer-modified-p)))
> 	(unwind-protect
> 	    (let ((buffer-undo-list t)
> 		  (inhibit-read-only t)
> 		  (inhibit-point-motion-hooks t)
> 		  (inhibit-modification-hooks t)
> 		  deactivate-mark
> 		  buffer-file-name
> 		  buffer-file-truename)
> 	      (put-text-property start end 'fontified t))
> 	  (unless modified
> 	    (restore-buffer-modified-p nil))))))
>
> I suggest you update auctex -- but perhaps using the above definition
> will be sufficient.

AFAICT, I am up-to-date... with the `latex' ELPA package. Why isn't that
package redone, so that such fixes are distributed?

Anyway, I'm not really bothered by this problem. My goal was just
reporting it, so that it gets eventually fixed.

Thanks for your helpful answer.

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

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