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File and Buffer register functions.

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
To: 68921 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: barra <at> ocathain.ie
Subject: Re: bug#68921: File and Buffer register functions.
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2024 06:45:56 +0000

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Barra Ó Catháin via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
> text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I noticed that files and buffers don't have "to-register" functions of
>> their own, rather, relying on (set-register).
>
> The reason is that when your use `point-to-register`, a position is
> recorded in the buffer, and when you kill this buffer your register
> record (a marker) is transformed in a file-query register:
>
> Example:
>
> If I do C-x r SPC in init.el, register record a register like this:
>
>     (119 . #<marker at 76829 in init.el>)
>
> Then I kill init.el buffer, I have now in register-alist instead of the
> register above:
>
>     (122 file-query "/path/to/init.el" 76829) 
       ^^^
       119

Sorry, for the error when copying.

-- 
Thierry

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