bug#81467: [PATCH] Make bookmark-jump work with other-window/frame/tab-prefix

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:08:57 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> This is a touch messy ATM, but it gets the point across for the
> bookmark-inhibit handler property.
>
> diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
> index 77136308573..0024ecef1b6 100644
> --- a/lisp/bookmark.el
> +++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
> @@ -1265,12 +1265,23 @@ bookmark--jump-via
>  After calling DISPLAY-FUNCTION, set window point to the point specified
>  by BOOKMARK-NAME-OR-RECORD, if necessary, run `bookmark-after-jump-hook',
>  and then show any annotations for this bookmark."
> -  (let (buf point)
> -    (save-window-excursion
> -      (bookmark-handle-bookmark bookmark-name-or-record)
> -      (setq buf (current-buffer)
> -            point (point)))
> -    (funcall display-function buf)
> +  (let (buf
> +        point
> +        (inhibit-display-function
> +         (memq 'display-function
> +               (get (or (bookmark-get-handler bookmark-name-or-record)
> +                        #'bookmark-default-handler)
> +                    'bookmark-inhibit))))
> +    (if inhibit-display-function
> +        (progn
> +          (bookmark-handle-bookmark bookmark-name-or-record)
> +          (setq buf (current-buffer)
> +                point (point)))
> +      (save-window-excursion
> +        (bookmark-handle-bookmark bookmark-name-or-record)
> +        (setq buf (current-buffer)
> +              point (point)))
> +      (funcall display-function buf))
>      (when-let* ((win (get-buffer-window buf 0)))
>        (set-window-point win point))
>      (when bookmark-fringe-mark

I don't really understand the intention behind it: why/when would
a bookmark set `inhibit-display-function`?


=== Stefan