Re: default point ?

[Muhali]

if it were reproducible that's probably easy. I see this behavior quite
randomly. Apparently I get into a different editing mode once I've hit some
strange keyboard combination (and I do everything with the keyboard).

M.


Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 8.3.2012 um 03:19 schrieb Muhali:
> 
>> Switch to buffer A; point is at position X. Then move point to some
>> position
>> Y, do some editing if you want, then switch to buffer B and back to
>> buffer
>> A. Point is back at X.
> 
> Does this also happen when you're using an Emacs without all customisation
> applied, i.e., when launched with -Q?
> 
> If this happens in that setup as well then some bug is likely and you
> should report it. Help menu -> Send Bug Report... And a good description
> how to reproduce it.
> 
> If this does not happen without customisation, then it's likely that some
> of your (and your system's) customisation is the culprit.
> 
> 
> I can't remember having encountered this effect. But this can be de to bad
> habits: when I switch between windows I often use the mouse instead of C-x
> o... Then the point is automatically moved away. Maybe I expect every time
> the same behaviour. I'll try to keep my eyes open (though when trying to
> develop software in many windows and more than one frame the attention is
> not on these subtleties).
> 
> You could also check your init file. Is there something you don't
> understand, looks suspicious or obsolete? Commenting it and saving the
> file you could launch a new instance and see how work goes. When
> desktop.el and/or session.el are used you don't lose much and can easily
> correct when having commented the wrong Elisp code.
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>   Pete
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 

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