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Delayed window positioning after buffer display

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 35860 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35860: Delayed window positioning after buffer display
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:17:09 +0200

>> -;; (4) A marker (`help-window-point-marker') to move point in the help
>> +;; (4) A marker (`window-point') to move point in the help
>>   ;;     window to an arbitrary buffer position.
>>
>> sounds irritating IMHO.  If it's used for help windows only, then why
>> rename it?  Otherwise, we should at least leave the '-marker' postfix
>> and provide some additional identification so maybe use something like
>> 'temp-buffer-window-point-marker'
>
> It's generalized now to be used not only for help windows.

Then the comment above is misleading.

> The '-marker' postfix is not needed because it can be either
> marker or integer, i.e. any value that set-window-point accepts
> for its POSITION argument.

Hmmm.  "...-window-point-position" sounds silly.

martin

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