From 5ce082d636a6e321994cc807d3dea9374e17d34b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Gutov Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 00:18:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; xref--create-fetcher: Add some further clarification --- lisp/progmodes/xref.el | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el index 090618fa02f..b2f841b4640 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el @@ -929,6 +929,12 @@ the xref backend method indicated by KIND and passes ARG to it." (method (intern (format "xref-backend-%s" kind)))) (lambda () (save-excursion + ;; Xref methods are generally allowed to depend on the text + ;; around point, not just on their explicit arguments. + ;; + ;; There is only so much we can do, however, to recreate that + ;; context, given that the user is free to change the buffer + ;; contents freely in the meantime. (when (buffer-live-p orig-buffer) (set-buffer orig-buffer) (ignore-errors (goto-char orig-position))) -- 2.39.2