Re: goto-char doesn't stick

[Stefan Monnier]

> You need to switch to "z" so that it is displayed in a window,
> e.g. with "C-x b".  switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point does its
> thing at that time.

Ah, so the OP wants to affect the future window-point?

I don't think there's ever been a reliable way to do that, short of
having your own variable `my-planned-cursor-position` (probably
a marker), moving it by hand, and then passing it to set-window-point
manually after displaying the buffer.


        Stefan