GNU bug report logs - #31751
26.1; Window-point inflicts bookmark-jump

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Dmitri Paduchikh <dpaduchikh <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31751: 26.1; Window-point inflicts bookmark-jump
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 08:56:53 -0400

tags 31751 fixed
close 31751 26.2
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Dmitri Paduchikh <dpaduchikh <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In 26.1 switch-to-buffer by default prefers window-point. buffer-jump by
> default uses switch-to-buffer and therefore also prefers window-point to
> bookmark position which is wrong. The solution is suggested in NEWS:
>
>> ** 'switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point' now defaults to t.
>> Applications that call 'switch-to-buffer' and want to show the buffer at
>> the position of its point should use 'pop-to-buffer-same-window' in lieu
>> of 'switch-to-buffer'.
>
> Recipe to reproduce: open a file, set bookmark, move point to some other
> position, switch to some other buffer, and jump to the set bookmark.

I changed it to use pop-to-buffer-same-window as suggested in NEWS.

[1: f64c2774e9]: 2018-07-23 22:07:14 -0400
  Let bookmark-jump override window-point (Bug#31751)
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=f64c2774e96c755a5fddcbc49db65dcc3fcb9323

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