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23.1; calculator moves point

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From: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose <at> gmx.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; calculator moves point
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:20:01 +0100

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In the current development head only:

`M-x calculator' moves point to some arbitrary point in the buffer. You
may test this in *scratch* buffer after startup (point will be moved to
the end of the buffer in this case).

This simple patch fixes it:

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--- lisp/calculator.el	2010-01-21 13:34:34.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/sebastian/Desktop/calculator.el	2010-03-01 20:50:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
     (progn
       (cond
         ((not (get-buffer-window calculator-buffer))
-         (let ((split-window-keep-point nil)
+         (let ((split-window-keep-point t)
                (window-min-height 2))
            ;; maybe leave two lines for our window because of the normal
            ;; `raised' modeline in Emacs 21

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Message #8 received at 5674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 5674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; calculator moves point
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:24:40 -0500

> `M-x calculator' moves point to some arbitrary point in the buffer. You
> may test this in *scratch* buffer after startup (point will be moved to
> the end of the buffer in this case).
>
> This simple patch fixes it:

Better not to bind split-window-keep-point at all, I think (not sure why
the code did it).  I've checked in just such a change.  Thanks for the
bug report.

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