GNU bug report logs - #17746
24.4.50; "byte-code: `recenter'ing a window that does not display current-buffer." when composing a message

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From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
To: Daimrod <daimrod <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>, David Griffiths <dogriffiths <at> gmail.com>, 17746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Subject: bug#17746: [O] bug#17746: 24.4.50; "byte-code: `recenter'ing a window that does not display current-buffer." when composing a message
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:16:20 +0200

Daimrod <daimrod <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> PS: The change about throwing an error when recentering a window
>> that does not display the current buffer breaks ~37 tests in Org
>> master branch, even with this fix.  I need to digg this further.
>
> Err, what's the rational behind this change?

It is meant to catch cases where recenter acts on the wrong window.
Think of the cases where (recenter) is called from within a timer or a
process filter function.

See the discussion entitled
> comint-preoutput-filter-functions and flickering redisplay in TTY
on emacs devel.

-- 
Nico.

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