* lisp/simple.el (open-line): `newline' may strip trailing space.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 8caa87a5204..46eacc2de31 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-12  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * simple.el (open-line): `newline' may strip trailing space.
+
 2010-11-12  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
         * international/mule-cmds.el (princ-list): Use mapc.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 329284807d2..510fb4a3b23 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ With arg N, insert N newlines."
   (interactive "*p")
   (let* ((do-fill-prefix (and fill-prefix (bolp)))
          (do-left-margin (and (bolp) (> (current-left-margin) 0)))
-         (loc (point))
+         (loc (point-marker))
          ;; Don't expand an abbrev before point.
          (abbrev-mode nil))
     (newline n)