Re: [BUG] org-agenda-later sometimes creates a void display [9.7.11 (release_9.7.11 @ /usr/local/share/emacs/31.0.50/lisp/org/)]

[Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> > One step back: What problem does this hack solve? [...]
>
> https://orgmode.org/list/87lfh2hk4k.fsf@gmail.com/

I asked rhetorically ;-)  But thanks, this is what I expected.

> > How about something like this?
> >
> >  - If point is at bob, we ensure that point is restored at bob - and
> >    likewise for eob.
> >
> >  - When bob was visible in the prior view, we use window-start = 1
> >    for the new view, too
> >
> >  - But when bob was not visible in the last view, we try to restore the
> >    visible line number containing the window point, so that hitting f
> >    will show the cursor at the same vertical position as in the last
> >    view.  Or maybe better: restore the vertical position of the
> >    beginning of the weekday point was in.
>
> I hope that my idea in the patch is good enough and that we do not need
> to go into redisplay complications.

These points would not mess with redisplay, just set window-start to
something different than now.


> -    (set-window-start nil wstart)))
> +    (set-window-start nil wstart 'noforce)))

Nice trick (or workaround), thanks.

Yes, this solves my problem indeed, and behaves quite ok.  Time will
show whether I like the behavior, but it's a definite improvement, so I
suggest we go with it for now.


Thanks for your help,

Michael.