Package: emacs;
Reported by: Uday S Reddy <u.s.reddy <at> cs.bham.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:49:02 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 23.3
Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Uday S Reddy <u.s.reddy <at> cs.bham.ac.uk> To: 8478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Cc: U.S.Reddy <at> cs.bham.ac.uk Subject: bug#8478: 23.3; next-file command not operational Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:47:52 +0100
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Emacs 19 manual described a function called `next-file' (under "Editing Programs"). This section was dropped some time, and the `next-file' command hasn't been working either. The attached patch - adds back a paragraph on `next-file' to the manual, and - proposes a fix for the `next-file' function using `switch-to-buffer' instead of `set-buffer'. This may not be the best possible fix, but it at least works. Cheers, Uday In GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: ENU value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: cp1252 default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: LaTeX Minor modes in effect: diff-auto-refine-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t savehist-mode: t which-function-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: d C-a C-x C-s C-c s M-p <return> C-h i C-x C-r m l i s t SPC <return> SPC <backspace> C-x b <return> C-x q C-g C-x q t a g SPC t a b l e <return> t a g s SPC t a b l e <return> SPC SPC C-a C-x C-s C-c s p w d <return> c d SPC . . <return> c d SPC . . <return> b z r SPC d i f f <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <wheel-up> <wheel-down> <wheel-up> <wheel-up> <wheel-down> <wheel-up> <double-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-up> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <next> <prior> C-x C-f <backspace> <return> C-s d i f f C-a C-n e C-x y C-c s C-x . b z r SPC r e v e r t SPC l i s p / f i l e s . e l <return> C-x C-f l i s p <return> C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-c s b z r SPC d i f f <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> d i f f <return> <f1> C-g <prior> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> b z r SPC d i f f SPC > SPC n e x t - f i l e . d i f f <return> C-x C-f n e x SPC SPC f i SPC SPC <return> <switch-frame> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u SPC <return> Recent messages: buffer reverted to current contents of the file Quit Mark set Replaced 2 occurrences Saving file d:/gnu/emacs-23-dev/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi... 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