GNU bug report logs - #71466
30.0.50; Buffer-menu-group-by non-nil resets point when Buffer List is reverted

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 71466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71466: 30.0.50; Buffer-menu-group-by non-nil resets point when Buffer List is reverted
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:27:45 +0300

On 17/06/2024 10:40, Eshel Yaron wrote:
>>> But this will not handle modes that don't use tabulated-list.
>>> For example, reverting an xref buffer with outlines now restores
>>> visibility of outlines, but doesn't restore point.  OTOH, maybe it's
>>> not responsibility of outline-minor-mode to restore point when it's
>>> not on a heading line.
>> For xref I propose a separate patch that keeps point on the same line
>> after reverting the xref buffer:
> LGTM, but FWIW the situation with xref-revert-buffer is not ideal IMO:
> it might be cleaner to leave 'g' bound to the usual revert-buffer and
> set revert-buffer-function to (a slightly modified) xref-revert-buffer.
> That way xref-revert-buffer wouldn't need to duplicate generic parts of
> revert-buffer, such as running revert-buffer-restore-functions.  WDYT?

I'm okay with that.

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