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[PATCH] 'window-state-normalize-buffer-name' variable for `uniquify' buffers

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Message #11 received at 76980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76980: [PATCH] 'window-state-normalize-buffer-name' variable
 for `uniquify' buffers
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:21:36 +0200

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:31:09 -0400
> 
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  If 'window-state-normalize-buffer-name' is non-nil, 'window-state-get'
>  will normalize stored buffer names, making them easier to restore for
>  users that use 'uniquify' buffer naming.
> 
>  I've been post-processing window states to deal with this and I think it should be built in.  Similar
>  treatment exists in desktop.el.
> 
> Updated patch with NEWS and doc files mentioned in the commit log.

Thanks.  The documentation parts of this say "normalize buffer name"
without ever explaining what that means.  Please fill that gap.

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