Subject: Re: bug#68235: 29.1.90; Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:48:28 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>,  Dan McCarthy
>  <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:07:39 +0200
> 
> Everything works nicely, and point follows the output,
> when this code is removed from 'tab-bar-select-tab':
> 
>   ;; set-window-configuration does not restore the value of
>   ;; point in the current buffer, so restore it separately.
>   (when (and (markerp wc-point)
>              (marker-buffer wc-point)
>              ;; FIXME: After dired-revert, marker relocates to 1.
>              ;; window-configuration restores point to global point
>              ;; in this dired buffer, not to its window point,
>              ;; but this is slightly better than 1.
>              ;; Maybe better to save dired-filename in each window?
>              (not (eq 1 (marker-position wc-point))))
>     (goto-char wc-point))

Maybe we should make exceptions in buffers like *completions*?

In general, restoring point is a good idea.

> The problem is that I still can't figure out in what cases point should be
> restored manually.

When the buffer was shown in another window, I think.  Martin might
have a definite answer.