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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 38164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:19:44 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> So we traded a minor issue for a more serious one.  (And if I try the
> recipe which triggered that change, I see a perfectly expected
> behavior in Emacs 24.)
>
> I think that change should be reverted.

The recipe is unclear -- I think it's really

M-x man RET man RET
select the man window
M-: (progn (man "XYZ") (read-string "-->"))

In Emacs 27, this will pop out of the read-string, which is the bug?

I'd rather fix the (setq Man-notify-method 'aggressive) regression than
bring that awkward interface bug back.

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