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

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From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 76980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76980: [PATCH] 'window-state-normalize-buffer-name' variable for `uniquify' buffers
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:26:28 -0400

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On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > 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.
>

Good idea.  Revised patch attached.

-Stephane

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