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dired-auto-revert-buffer jumps point to beginning of buffer

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Message #88 received at 27243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 27243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#27243: another case: dired-auto-revert-buffer jumps point to
 beginning of buffer
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:28:05 +0300

> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com,  27243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:49:44 +0200
> 
> >> I'm bothered by some feature
> >> calling find-file that could somehow find the file shown in a window
> >> different from the one where the command was invoked.  Are you saying
> >> this isn't more likely to happen than with switch-to-buffer itself?
> >
> > Yes.  Anything else would be an inconsistency we would have to fix.
> >
> >> If so, we can indeed modify find-file to use
> >> pop-to-buffer-same-window.
> >
> > Modulo the fact that Stefan always wanted and probably still wants to
> > get rid of functions like ‘find-file-other-window’ and
> > ‘find-file-other-frame’ and move their functionality to ‘find-file’ and
> > I still don't know how to do that and probably never will.
> 
> Are we waiting for feedback from Stefan (cc'd just in case)?  Or should
> I go ahead and push the fix?

Unless Martin objects, I think you should push it.

Thanks.

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