From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:36:00 +0300 Message-ID: <83ft05deqn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8ea0a3fa-5169-4493-bd54-3ebe47836a35@default> <87r3i9nped.fsf@gnus.org> <87wps1m7co.fsf@web.de> <87r22gbquk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <875zjrzgoz.fsf_-_@mail.linkov.net> <02f0564a-baf3-b15c-bcc5-98d37f510d7a@gmx.at> <877e45ksaz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <874knrp9ad.fsf@gnus.org> <87zgyd536a.fsf@tcd.ie> <83k0phdhux.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgydg8mn.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13950"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: contovob@tcd.ie, 38164@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 04 21:37:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8YY-0003ZP-4x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:37:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55828 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8YX-00061v-6G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:37:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59936) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8YQ-000618-A4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53164) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8YQ-0003wg-2w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8YP-0000hE-Vw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38164 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 38164-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38164.16175649762621 (code B ref 38164); Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38164) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Apr 2021 19:36:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36477 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8Xf-0000gD-Po for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:36:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38634) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8Xe-0000fz-1H for 38164@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:36:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8XX-0003Yg-SO; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1042 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lT8XW-0002cP-K3; Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:36:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zgydg8mn.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:19:44 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:203558 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" , 38164@debbugs.gnu.org, > juri@linkov.net > Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:19:44 +0200 > > The recipe is unclear -- I think it's really > > M-x man RET man RET > select the man window > M-: (progn (man "XYZ") (read-string "-->")) Do you understand the practical importance of the last command? IOW, in which practical use case will 'man' be called like that? > In Emacs 27, this will pop out of the read-string, which is the bug? A very minor annoyance, I'd say. It's easy dealt with. > I'd rather fix the (setq Man-notify-method 'aggressive) regression than > bring that awkward interface bug back. If there's a practical use case there, I might agree. Otherwise, we will be jumping through hoops for a reason that isn't necessarily a good one.