Re: default point ?

[Tassilo Horn]

Muhali <muhali@shaw.ca> writes:

> And sometimes I think GNU Emacs caches point and when I re-open the
> file the text cursor is at point where it was when I closed the before
> before...

I think, there's some confusion about files, buffers, and windows in
this thread.  But for the case of finding a file anew, i.e., there's no
buffer for that file already, the saveplace library might restore the
last point position if enabled.

,----[ C-h v save-place RET ]
| save-place is a variable defined in `saveplace.el'.
| Its value is t
| Original value was nil
| 
|   Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
| 
| Documentation:
| Non-nil means automatically save place in each file.
| This means when you visit a file, point goes to the last place
| where it was when you previously visited the same file.
| This variable is automatically buffer-local.
| 
| If you wish your place in any file to always be automatically saved,
| simply put this in your `~/.emacs' file:
| 
| (setq-default save-place t)
| (require 'saveplace)
| 
| or else use the Custom facility to set this option.
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Bye,
Tassilo