Re: find-file-hook, recenter, scroll-conservatively and save-place

[Juri Linkov]

>> Interesting question.  Maybe introduce two new buffer-local variables
>> 'window-point' and 'window-start' that a hook could set and then
>> display-buffer could read and call functions window-point and window-start?
>> These buffer-local values should be used only once and should be reverted
>> to nil after the first use.
>
> I start to understand the approach proposed by you and Martin.  This
> buffer-local variable approach feels natural and OK to me.
>
> Martin also said this:
>
>>> When 'display-buffer' finds a '(window-start . recenter) ALIST entry
>>> it would call 'recenter' after assigning the window buffer.
>
> Just one point to this: should we have '(window-start . (recenter 10))
> also, where 10 is the ARG for the future recenter call?

Using one-off buffer-local variables will allow standard hooks
like adding window-start-hook.