Package: emacs,org-mode 0. emacs -Q 1. enable save-place-mode 2. visit an org file with a single line: #+DATE: 2020-11-08 The cursor always jumps to the fixed place inside the date, and doesn't remember its previous position. Here is a fix to not set buffer-file-name (that causes save-place-mode to save wrong place for that file name) in a temporary buffer: