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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add bookmark handler for M-x shell

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>
Cc: "65039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <65039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#65039: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add bookmark handler for
 M-x shell
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 14:35:41 +0000

> It sounds like the notion of "jumping" to a bookmark has evolved, and
> nowadays jumping to a bookmark might do much more than just jump to a
> buffer position.  Perhaps that node in the manual should say something
> about that, and show a couple of examples?

Not weighing in on whether the manual
should be changed.  Just thought I'd
mention that the notion of "jumping"
to a bookmark has always included the
possibility of doing "much more" - as
well as much _less_.

It's _always_ been the case that
"jumping" to a bookmark can do anything
at all.  A bookmark can record nearly
any data, and a bookmark handler is
just a function - it can do anything
a function can do.

(But yes, it might help for the manual
to say this explicitly.  "Jumping" to
a bookmark is both evocative, for many
or most bookmarks, and misleading, for
some bookmarks.)

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