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quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:15:54 +0100

>> Quitting help should never destroy a window layout these days.  If it
>> did, we'd have a bug.
>
> Sounds like there's some misunderstanding.  What I mean is this:
>
>    emacs -Q
>    C-h f find-file RET (any function will do)
>    C-x o
>    q
>
> The last 'q' command deletes the window showing *Help*, and that is
> what I call "quitting help".  I believe Emacs behaved like that since
> time immemoriam.

Try with Emacs 22 and, for example,

emacs -Q
C-x 2
C-h f find-file RET (any function will do)
C-x o
q

Tempus fugit.

martin

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