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29.1.90; Switching tabs stops following process output in selected window

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
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, 18 Jan 2024 18:50:07 +0200

> What we can safely do is the following: Give 'set-window-configuration'
> a new argument, say 'keep-dead-buffer-windows'.  If non-nil,
> 'set-window-configuration' does not delete dead buffer windows but shows
> *scratch* in them.  'post-set-window-configuration-functions' would then
> pass two arguments: the respective frame and a list of four entries for
> each dead buffer window it found: The window, the buffer it previously
> showed, its window point and its window start position.  A function run
> by that hook would then be able to replace *scratch* with, for example,
> a new buffer visiting the file the previously shown buffer visited and
> also restore point and window start of that window.

This looks promising.  One thing I don't understand is how to get
the previously visited file name from this list of four entries?

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