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24.0.90; initial point in *scratch* buffer

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>, 9605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9605: 24.0.90; initial point in *scratch* buffer
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:25:35 +0200

> emacs -Q
>
> M-<   ; point at start of *scratch*
> C-x b foo
>
> In foo, insert and evaluate:
>
> (with-current-buffer "*scratch*"
>   (goto-char (point-max))
>   (insert "foo"))
>
> Then
>
> M-x quit-window
>
> In Emacs 23.3, point in *scratch* is now at point-max (after "foo").
> In Emacs 24.0.90, it is at point-min.

It's not easy to find a general solution for this.  Suppose you edit the
same buffer in two windows A and B, temporarily switch to another buffer
in window B, continue editing in window A, and eventually quit window B.
In this case you want point in window B be at the position it had before
you switched to another buffer in it.

In the case at hand we could call `kill-buffer' in `exit-splash-screen'.
But can't we do the insertion before or while the buffer is displayed?

martin

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