bug#14829: (no subject)

[martin rudalics]

> Hmm... looking at it further I see that:
> - split-window-keep-point defaults to t.
> - the problem could affect other cases than completion.
> Basically, I'm leaning towards forcing split-window-keep-point to t in
> display-buffer, since AFAICT a value of nil only makes sense when you
> split a window into two so that they both show the same buffer, whereas
> in the case of display-buffer, you always want the current buffer's
> point to stay put.

With `inhibit-same-window' t one might want to show the same buffer in the
new window.

> The docstring seems to indicate it's only meant to affect C-x 2 rather
> than all cases where we create a new window.  Martin?

It happens because \\[split-window-below] gets substituted by C-x 2.

Why not declare `split-window-keep-point' obsolete and always keep
point?

martin