From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 04:40:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (with-current-buffer): New macro.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.1~3667
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/a7f284ec37ed130beef182a6cc6e9e6a79f8b83e

(with-current-buffer): New macro.
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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index fb4901711c..9d576fa3dc 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -740,6 +740,13 @@ Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell."
     (start-process name buffer shell-file-name shell-command-switch
 		   (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))))
 
+(defmacro with-current-buffer (buffer &rest body)
+  "Execute the forms in BODY with BUFFER as the current buffer.
+The value returned is the value of the last form in BODY."
+  `(save-current-buffer
+    (set-buffer ,buffer)
+    . ,body))
+
 (defvar save-match-data-internal)
 
 ;; We use save-match-data-internal as the local variable because