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From: hdj@burdvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Oops! - save-window-excursion etc.
Message-ID: <1414@burdvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 10:26:06 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 10:26:06 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Jan-84 08:06:44 EST
Organization: System Development Corporation, Paoli PA
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I just realized what the problem is - and it's not a bug!

I said that something of the form

(save-window-excursion
  (visit-file "somefile")
  (recursive-edit))

failed to execute the (recursive-edit) (I should have said that this
happens only if "somefile" does not already exist).  This is true,
as far as it goes.  Emacs considers it an error if you visit-file
a non-existant file, even though it does the expected thing.
Thus, the recursive-edit never gets done.  When I changed the above to

(save-window-excursion
  (error-occured (visit-file "somefile"))
  (recursive-edit))

it worked.  Sorry for the false, though I hope instructive, alarm.

	Herb Jellinek