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C-current-buffer does not move point

In Elisp, this seemingly light world of code does not actually move the point.

(with-current-buffer "foo"
  (goto-char (point-max)))

AFAIK with-current-buffershould not restore a point in the destination buffer. If not, how do I manipulate a point in the buffer?

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I think you are mixing a buffer point with a window point. If you want to move the cursor to some window with the image "foo", you need to select thiswindow when you execute goto-char, or you need to use set-window-point. In the general case, the buffer has N + 1 points (one is its own, and N is for N windows displaying the buffer).

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You may need to use switch-to-bufferand then go back.

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(set-buffer "foo")
(goto-char (point-max))
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