Re: exiting summary buffer does not move cursor in group buffer any

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

Any news?  Is the patch helping at all?


        Stefan


>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> After experimentation, I have narrowed down the seeming cause of this
>>> problem: This happens if the group buffer is visible when exiting the
>>> summary buffer.

>> Good catch, this is caused by the following change:

>> 2004-11-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>

>> * gnus-sum.el (gnus-summary-exit): Remove redundant and harmful
>> pop-to-buffer, covered by the subsequent gnus-configure-windows.

>> When the group buffer is already visible the value of point in the
>> buffer is now reset to the window's value when we reselect it; before
>> this change we called pop-to-buffer which displayed the group buffer in
>> the selected window (the one displaying the summary buffer) and ensured
>> that the move was taken into account...

>> I don't remember why Stefan made that change and why pop-to-buffer was
>> harmful here... let's CC him.

> When pop-to-frame is non-nil and the *Group* buffer is not visible,
> pop-to-buffer creates a new frame and takes the careful window management
> off-guard.

> Does the patch below solve the problem?


>         Stefan


> --- gnus-sum.el	04 jan 2005 14:46:56 -0500	1.56
> +++ gnus-sum.el	29 jan 2005 17:31:08 -0500	
> @@ -6680,9 +6680,9 @@
>        (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
>        (if quit-config
>  	  (gnus-handle-ephemeral-exit quit-config)
> -	(goto-char group-point)
>  	(unless leave-hidden
> -	  (gnus-configure-windows 'group 'force)))
> +	  (gnus-configure-windows 'group 'force))
> +	(goto-char group-point))
>        ;; Clear the current group name.
>        (unless quit-config
>  	(setq gnus-newsgroup-name nil)))))