mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) (03/12/88)
When the following function is executed courtesy of set-auto-mode the end-of-line call gets undone because the body of set-auto-mode is embedded in a save-excursion. (At least, I'm 99% sure that that's the reason.) (defun mail-mode () "Mode for composing a mail message." (interactive) (setq major-mode 'mail-mode) (setq mode-name "WMail") (use-local-map mail-mode-map) (if (= (point) (point-min)) (end-of-line))) The end-of-line does work when mail-mode is invoked interactively. Also, the following command line does the right thing: emacs foo.file -f end-of-line (I'm not sure where -f's args are executed, but it's apparently just before the switch-buffer, and obviosuly not inside a save-excursion.) My question is: what can be done? Is there a way to schedule cursor movements so that they will be executed later on? (Too bad run-hooks doesn't do this.) (BTW, all this nonsense is so the cursor appears at the end of the "To: " line when a message composition window appears.) Thanks in advance. -- Wayne Mesard | "The people of the North End don't like the city telling us MESARD@BBN.COM | where and when we can and can't park our cars. So as soon BBN Labs, | as they fix the meters, we jam em and break em, and paint em. Cambridge, MA | We call it a local referendum." -JS