GNU bug report logs - #65877
29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with args-out-of-range when ran using emacsclient

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Message #13 received at 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65877: 29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with
 args-out-of-range when ran using emacsclient
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:59:08 -0500

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:29 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> This is a cockpit error, not a bug.  The doc string of
> line-number-at-pos says:
>
>   line-number-at-pos is a built-in function in ‘src/fns.c’.
>
>   (line-number-at-pos &optional POSITION ABSOLUTE)
>
>   Return the line number at POSITION in the current buffer.
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> So the correct form to evaluate is this:
>
>   $ emacsclient -e "(with-current-buffer (window-buffer) (line-number-at-pos (window-start)))"

Fantastic, thanks for your help, and apologies for the noise.

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