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27.0.50; dired loses position when reverted from outside place

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 33458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33458: 27.0.50; dired loses position when reverted from outside place
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:02:06 +0100

> For example, saveplace.el uses dired-initial-position-hook to set
> Dired buffer's point initially to a remembered dired-filename.
>
> A switch-to-buffer hook could do the same to move point to a dired-filename
> previously displayed in that window, by getting the filename from e.g.
> a buffer-local mapping from windows to filenames.

The downside of such an approach is that any buffer-local reference to
a window will assure that the window object cannot be reclaimed by the
collector as long as the buffer is live, even when the window is not
stored in a configuration any more.  Not that I consider this a great
downside though.

martin

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