GNU bug report logs - #24465
25.1; term does not keep point position when switching buffers

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Message #20 received at 24465-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tijs Mallaerts <tijs.mallaerts <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24465-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24465: 25.1;
 term does not keep point position when switching buffers
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 17:01:34 +0300

> From: Tijs Mallaerts <tijs.mallaerts <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 21:52:46 +0200
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
> 
>  > To reproduce:
>  > - start a terminal emulator with M-x term
>  > - switch to other buffer
>  > - switch back to *terminal* buffer
>  >
>  > When switching back to the terminal buffer, the point position is not kept, but set to point-min.
> 
>  Thank you for your report.
> 
>  In what version of Emacs did this issue appear? Is it new with Emacs
>  25.1 or did it exist with older versions as well?
> 
> It is new with Emacs 25.1. 

Indeed, it's a side effect of the new feature whereby subprocesses are
told to adjust their window size when the size of the buffer in which
they run changes.

I fixed this on the emacs-25 branch, so I'm marking the bug done.
Feel free to reopen if there are some left-overs.

Thanks.

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