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29.1.90; Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: daniel.c.mccarthy <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 68235 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68235: 29.1.90; Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:14:48 +0100

>>> Actually the problem is somewhere else because after dired revert
>>> point is relocated to the top of the buffer even in non-selected windows
>>> in window-configuration.  So trying to manually preserve point
>>> in the selected window is not of much help.  Therefore I just
>>> removed the special-handling of dired revert in master.
>>
>> Do you remember the bug this was supposed to fix?
>
> The dedicated bug report is this:
>
> bug#33871: Revert Dired window saved in window configuration
>
> Also something related was discussed in:
>
> bug#27243: dired-auto-revert-buffer jumps point to beginning of buffer
> bug#33458: dired loses position when reverted from outside place
>
> and maybe more.

IIUC 'dired-save-positions' and 'dired-restore-positions' are supposed
to handle these bug scenarios in "normal" (user driven) dired reverting.
Do they?  If so, why does saving and restoring a window configuration
not use them?

martin

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