bug#4041: 23.0.92; Emacs 23: buffer point is no longer frame-local

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Steve Yegge <stevey@google.com> writes:

> 1) emacs -q  (with non-nil window-system)
> 2) find-file /usr/share/dict/words
>    - any file longer than ~3x the frame height should serve to demonstrate
>    - in remaining steps I'll call this file buffer BUF
> 3) (goto-char (/ (point-max) 2))
> 4) (new-frame)
> 5) (other-frame)  ; if necessary to put point in new frame
> 6) switch to buffer BUF
> 7) (goto-char (point-min))
> 8) switch to buffer *scratch* (or any other buffer)
> 9) switch to buffer BUF
>
> Observe that point has returned to (/ (point-max) 2).

I can confirm that this behaviour is still present in Emacs 24.

And it seems like an unfortunate behaviour.  How difficult would it be
to stash window-point (I guess) on a per-frame basis?  Frame-local
variables are being phased out, but it seems like this would be nice to
have.

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