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24.4.50; "byte-code: `recenter'ing a window that does not display current-buffer." when composing a message

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From: Daimrod <daimrod <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>, 17746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, David Griffiths <dogriffiths <at> gmail.com>
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 17:58:08 +0900

Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr> writes:

> 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.

Thanks!

-- 
Daimrod/Greg

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