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29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with args-out-of-range when ran using emacsclient

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with args-out-of-range when ran
 using emacsclient
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:07:42 -0500

How to reproduce: start with

$ emacs -Q

M-x server-start

Open a file with say 200 lines, scroll at the bottom, so that the
first line of the file is not at the top of the window.

Then in a shell, run:

$ emacsclient -e '(line-number-at-pos (window-start))'
*ERROR*: Args out of range: 146, 1, 1

This error is unexpected.  If the top of the window is visible in the
main emacs, this command returns 1.  If it isn't, it crashes.


Configuration details follow-----------------------------------------

In GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.38,
cairo version 1.17.8)
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101008
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
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Message #8 received at 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
Cc: 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65877: 29.1;
 line-number-at-pos crashes with args-out-of-range when ran using
 emacsclient
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:28:59 +0300

tags 65877 notabug
thanks

> From: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:07:42 -0500
> 
> How to reproduce: start with
> 
> $ emacs -Q
> 
> M-x server-start
> 
> Open a file with say 200 lines, scroll at the bottom, so that the
> first line of the file is not at the top of the window.
> 
> Then in a shell, run:
> 
> $ emacsclient -e '(line-number-at-pos (window-start))'
> *ERROR*: Args out of range: 146, 1, 1

This is a cockpit error, not a bug.  The doc string of
line-number-at-pos says:

  line-number-at-pos is a built-in function in ‘src/fns.c’.

  (line-number-at-pos &optional POSITION ABSOLUTE)

  Return the line number at POSITION in the current buffer.
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So the correct form to evaluate is this:

  $ emacsclient -e "(with-current-buffer (window-buffer) (line-number-at-pos (window-start)))"

IOW, you must make sure the buffer of the selected window is current
when the server evaluates the expression.  It is not guaranteed by
default:

  $ emacsclient -e "(message \"%s\" (current-buffer))"
  " *server*"

Message #13 received at 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65877: 29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with
 args-out-of-range when ran using emacsclient
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:59:08 -0500

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:29 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> This is a cockpit error, not a bug.  The doc string of
> line-number-at-pos says:
>
>   line-number-at-pos is a built-in function in ‘src/fns.c’.
>
>   (line-number-at-pos &optional POSITION ABSOLUTE)
>
>   Return the line number at POSITION in the current buffer.
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> So the correct form to evaluate is this:
>
>   $ emacsclient -e "(with-current-buffer (window-buffer) (line-number-at-pos (window-start)))"

Fantastic, thanks for your help, and apologies for the noise.

Message #18 received at 65877-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
Cc: 65877-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65877: 29.1; line-number-at-pos crashes with
 args-out-of-range when ran using emacsclient
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:43:03 +0300

> From: Michaël Cadilhac <michael <at> cadilhac.name>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:59:08 -0500
> Cc: 65877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:29 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > This is a cockpit error, not a bug.  The doc string of
> > line-number-at-pos says:
> >
> >   line-number-at-pos is a built-in function in ‘src/fns.c’.
> >
> >   (line-number-at-pos &optional POSITION ABSOLUTE)
> >
> >   Return the line number at POSITION in the current buffer.
> >                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > So the correct form to evaluate is this:
> >
> >   $ emacsclient -e "(with-current-buffer (window-buffer) (line-number-at-pos (window-start)))"
> 
> Fantastic, thanks for your help, and apologies for the noise.

No sweat; I'm therefore closing this bug.

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