bug#35602: 26.1; emacsclient doesn't go to the desired line

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Robert Parlett <r.parlett@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 23:38:14 +0100
> 
> Thank you for your reply.  
> 
> I find that if the variable you mention 
> (switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point) is set to nil, then the problem is
> indeed averted.

Thanks.  Did you also try the patch?  It doesn't change the value of
that variable, only binds it temporarily while Emacs changes the
buffer in the selected window.

> I should have mentioned in my original report that this bug wasn't present in 
> previous versions; it appeared
> after an update to emacs 26.1 from (I think) 25.2.

That's because Emacs 26 changed the default of that variable to t.