From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35860: Delayed window positioning after buffer display Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 07:34:28 +0300 Message-ID: <83ef4p7prf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87o93ucjsi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="242416"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35860@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 23 06:35:13 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRh-0010rk-Pe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 06:35:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57483 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRg-0008MX-GO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34629) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRW-0008MK-SO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRV-0007f4-Tw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58378) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRV-0007ey-Pw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfRV-0003SS-MZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:35:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 04:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35860 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35860-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35860.155858606913245 (code B ref 35860); Thu, 23 May 2019 04:35:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35860) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2019 04:34:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43688 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfQx-0003RX-EO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48401) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfQv-0003RJ-FP for 35860@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:34:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfQp-0007QF-VJ; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2707 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hTfQp-00010A-C5; Thu, 23 May 2019 00:34:19 -0400 In-reply-to: <87o93ucjsi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 22 May 2019 23:32:13 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:159674 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 23:32:13 +0300 > > There are commands that set point while the buffer is not displayed, > and after displaying the buffer point remains at an old position, > not where it was moved while the buffer was undisplayed. That's a feature, isn't it? See switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point. > One solution is to generalize the variable 'help-window-point-marker' > currently described as: > > ;; `help-window-point-marker' is a marker you can move to a valid > ;; position of the buffer shown in the help window in order to override > ;; the standard positioning mechanism (`point-min') chosen by > ;; `with-output-to-temp-buffer' and `with-temp-buffer-window'. > ;; `with-help-window' has this point nowhere before exiting. Currently > ;; used by `view-lossage' to assert that the last keystrokes are always > ;; visible. > (defvar help-window-point-marker (make-marker) > "Marker to override default `window-point' in help windows.") Why not bind switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point to nil instead?