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Should xref--marker-ring be per-window?

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng <at> gmail.com>, 59381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59381: Should xref--marker-ring be per-window?
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:16:05 +0200

On 21/11/22 09:42, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>>> What does everyone think if we do the baseline of just creating a new
>>>> stack per-window (no copying) and then waiting to see if we get
>>>> feedback once people start using it?
>>> If this is optional and can be disabled, I don't think I mind.
>>
>> Definitely optional, we should provide different "storages" for
>> this. Global (the current behavior), per-window, per-frame, maybe others.
> 
> Also per-project (maybe even by default).

I don't know whether I like that as default: some navigations could jump 
across projects, it would be weird to break the stacks along those 
boundaries.

> PS: this whole subject of different xref stacks reminds me
> trying to make sense of the different next-error stacks ;-)

Definitely. ;-)

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