GNU bug report logs - #44611
Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #39 received at 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#44611: Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:08:50 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:30:25 +0200
> Cc: 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> +(defun xref-pop-marker-stack (&optional kill)
> +  "Pop back to where \\[xref-find-definitions] was last invoked.
> +With prefix argument KILL non-nil, kill the previous buffer instead of
> +burying it."

What is "the previous buffer" in this context?  The doc string leaves
that unexplained, and thus may confuse the reader.

(I don't object to such a feature, but I really don't understand the
urge to kill Emacs buffers just because they were needed temporarily.
Why is that important?)
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