[gnu.emacs.bug] setting last_window_start?

neves@CS.WISC.EDU (David M. Neves) (11/29/88)

In GNU Emacs 18.52.3 of Sat Sep 10 1988 on ai (berkeley-unix)

What is the best way of setting the last_window_start field of a buffer?
Or can it be done?  I want to make sure that a buffer gets displayed
in a certain window position even before it has been displayed for the 1st
time and it seems that this field is the one I need to set.  -thanks, david