GNU bug report logs - #35334
26.2; Changes to position of point are undone during with-current-buffer if window is visible but not current

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.2

Fixed in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35334: 26.2; Changes to position of point are undone during with-current-buffer if window is visible but not current
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:10:26 -0400

Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I would expect point to move to position 8 in both cases, and I don't
> see anything in the documentation for with-current-buffer or goto-char
> to suggest that it ever wouldn't.

How about in (elisp) Window Point?

   * Selecting a window sets the value of point in its buffer from the
     window's value of point.  Conversely, deselecting a window sets the
     window's value of point from that of the buffer.
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