bug#24021: FEATURE ADDITION: 25.0.94: goto-marker, jumps to a marker potentially in a different buffer

[Noam Postavsky]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Robert Weiner <rswgnu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If this is just a "simple function" (not an interactive command), it
>> shouldn't widen, or call switch-to-buffer.
>
> But it does need to do these things to leave the selected buffer and point 
> where the marker points.  It only widens if the marker position is outside 
> the restricted range.  It can be wrapped in save-restriction and 
> save-excursion for times when it is used for temporary effect, e.g. to find 
> the column of the marker position.

save-excursion or save-current-buffer don't counteract
switch-to-buffer, because it affects the UI selected buffer. You might
be right about the widen part, not sure.