bug#57837: 29.0.50; fit-window-to-buffer should reposition the buffer

[Sam Steingold]

> * Gregory Heytings <tertbel@urlgvatf.bet> [2022-09-16 19:34:41 +0000]:
>
>>>>> (advice-add 'fit-window-to-buffer :after
>>>>>       (lambda () (and (= (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) (1- 
>>>>> (window-height)))
>>>>>                       (or (< (point) (point-max)) (forward-line -1) t)
>>>>>                       (set-window-start nil (point-min)))))
>>>>
>>>> Why shouldn't this be the default behavior?
>>>
>>> I think because fit-window-to-buffer isn't supposed to move point, and point
>>> would become invisible if it is not moved.
>>
>> Is that a problem? I mean, is it possible for the point to be invisible?
>
> No, Emacs does its best to ensure that point is always visible.

what does "does its best" mean?
is it possible for Emacs return nil from
(pos-visible-in-window-p (point))

> That's the reason of the scrolling you see: without scrolling (which
> hides the first half of the buffer) point would be invisible.

Both invisible point and point moved before the EOB are, IMO,
preferable over showing a half empty window after C-x w -.

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