Re: Cannot syntax-propertize because of narrowing

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 14:38:15 +0300

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> From: Colin Baxter <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 10:09:09 +0100
> 
> 
> When I C-<LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON> in a particular dvi file, the corresponding
> tex file loads in an emacs buffer successfully but I get the message:
> 
> Cannot syntax-propertize 352840..415556 because of narrowing!

Please report this to bug#81035.

> I wasn't aware that I had narrowed the buffer, so I'd be grateful to
> receive some pointers as to how to debug the problem and find what is
> causing widening. What do the numbers 352840..415556 refer to?

They are buffer positions.