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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: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, 38164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:33:45 +0100

>>> (progn
>>>     (man "XYZ")
>>>     (read-string "-->"))
>>>
>>> This is because quit-restore-window moves point to wrong window.
>>
>> What should 'quit-restore-window' do here in particular?
>
> quit-restore-window should move point to old-selected-window,
> i.e. the minibuffer window that was selected before Man-bgproc-sentinel
> kicked in.  But I don't understand why it's not doing that.

I'm not sure what you mean.  At the time 'man' calls 'display-buffer',
the latter simply records the window returned by 'selected-window' as
the one to reselect when the *Man XYZ* window gets deleted.  That
recorded window is not the minibuffer window here, even if I evaluate
the form via M-:.  Am I missing something?

martin

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