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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 71466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, me <at> eshelyaron.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#71466: 30.0.50; Buffer-menu-group-by non-nil resets point when Buffer List is reverted
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:47:52 +0300

On 18/06/2024 20:36, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> And it makes sense to provide this feature to the users of
>> xref-revert-buffer, so I don't see why not.
> All things being equal, leaving the old names of the functions and
> commands should be preferred.  That's all I'm saying.  It's a minor
> issue, but the cost of staying more compatible is also minor.

It might be important for the case when somebody has rebound 'g' in Xref 
buffers to some other letter - then they reference xref-revert-buffer by 
name in their init script.

Having them end up with a subpar version of it (and perhaps not notice 
it either) feels like an unfortunate outcome.

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