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: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 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 09:21:17 +0100

> 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.

The earlier mentioned 'set-window-point-from-point' (better maybe
'window-point-from-point') could make specific or even all uses of
'window-point' use the buffer's point instead.

martin
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