GNU bug report logs - #15382
desktop restores buffers in wrong order

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Message #11 received at 15382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 15382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15382: desktop restores buffers in wrong order
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:17:42 +0300

>> Another bug is that point of the top restored buffer
>> is placed to a wrong position because `desktop-saved-frameset'
>> saves point of one buffer (possibly non-persistent), but
>> after restoring the desktop, `window-state-put' restores that point
>> to another buffer (persistent and restored from the desktop file),
>> thus applying the value of point of one buffer to another buffer.
>
> IIUC this can happen only if a buffer doesn't exist when restoring.  I
> tried to address this issue in revision#114294.  Please have a look.

Thanks, I verified that now it doesn't restore point in wrong buffer
from a non-existent buffer.

A question whether such non-existent buffers should be also
saved/restored is a separate question.  Maybe they should,
with some empty placeholder buffers if buffer content
can't be restored?

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