From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Steve Yegge <stevey@google.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 4041@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4041: 23.0.92; Emacs 23: buffer point is no longer frame-local
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:23:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d3e8f1dc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEYe22UGDZvg=y3cwU0x195o719d_EOu3gir2z8fkxxBtwaUhQ@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:09:14 -0700
> From: Steve Yegge <stevey@google.com>
> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 4041@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> However, over the decades I have noticed that when I have two or
> more windows open to the same buffer on the same frame, it is almost
> always because I want to establish N > 1 persistent working locations
> within that buffer. In fact it is rarely useful to have two windows open
> to the same buffer location, as they merely echo each other. So
> I would posit that my "multiple persistent working locations" use case
> is likely to be the most common reason for users to have N > 1
> windows displaying the same buffer in a given frame.
+1
> Thus I would be happiest if there were an option such that every
> window tracks the buffer positions of every buffer that it visits,
> and when switching back to a buffer B that it has already visited,
> each window displays B at the same position it last displayed B.
+1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-08 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-05 0:17 bug#4041: 23.0.92; Emacs 23: buffer point is no longer frame-local Steve Yegge
2009-08-06 9:33 ` martin rudalics
2011-09-17 7:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-17 8:43 ` martin rudalics
2011-09-18 8:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-06 22:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07 7:07 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-07 10:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07 17:00 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-07 21:09 ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-08 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-10-08 6:32 ` Drew Adams
2011-10-08 6:23 ` Leo
2011-10-08 13:23 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 14:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 15:00 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 15:55 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 17:53 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 20:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-09 8:33 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-09 17:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-10 12:57 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-11 12:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 0:35 ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-12 1:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 3:52 ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-12 9:48 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-12 13:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 13:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 14:25 ` martin rudalics
2012-10-05 10:08 ` martin rudalics
2012-10-10 10:22 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-12 6:52 ` martin rudalics
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