Subject: bug#33871: 27.0.50; Revert Dired window saved in window configuration

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 19:08:12 +0200

>>                  (when pos
>>                    (with-selected-window w
>>                      (dired-goto-file (nth 0 pos)))
>>                    (set-window-start w (nth 1 pos))
>>                    (set-window-point w (nth 2 pos))))))))
>
> Shouldn't you call 'dired-goto-file' last here?  Otherwise, wouldn't
> 'set-window-point' override it?

Then probably 'set-window-point' is not needed.

> And how would you handle the general case where a directory gets
> reverted in between saving and restoring a window configuration?  If you
> don't want to use timestamps, saving and restoring window configurations
> would have to provide some special hooks and data structures for storing
> such extra information.

I don't understand the problem.  'dired-goto-file' can go to the file
even after a directory gets reverted.