GNU bug report logs - #33458
27.0.50; dired loses position when reverted from outside place

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: v88m <at> posteo.net

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:46:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 33458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, v88m <at> posteo.net
Subject: bug#33458: 27.0.50; dired loses position when reverted from outside place
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:33:02 +0200

>> The main question: why the result of setting point with goto-char
>> is ignored when the buffer's display is restored in a window?
>
> Because switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point is non-nil?

Setting switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point to nil really helps,
but only in the case of switching buffers with 'C-x b'.  It doesn't
help when the buffer is displayed with any other command such as
'C-x <C-left>' (previous-buffer) or with set-window-configuration
or window-state-put, etc.
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