GNU bug report logs - #68235
29.1.90; Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window

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Message #8 received at 68235 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan McCarthy <daniel.c.mccarthy <at> gmail.com>,
 martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 68235 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68235: 29.1.90;
 Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:09:12 +0200

> From: Dan McCarthy <daniel.c.mccarthy <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 15:48:21 -0500
> 
> With two tabs open, start a compilation or some other long-running
> job. Move point to the bottom with M->. Switch to the other tab, then
> switch back. Point will now be fixed at wherever it was when you first
> switched.
> 
> If the compilation window isn't selected, however, switching tabs does
> what I expected: point continues to be at the bottom, following the
> output as it appears.

Does playing with the value of switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point
change anything in what you see?

Martin, is saving and restoring window configuration supposed to
preserve the output following in *compilation* windows?

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