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bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#38164: quit-restore-window doesn't restore point in man |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:36:00 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>, 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.