This is prompted by the Stack Overflow question
Let's say I have a Linux directory that looks like
-rw-r--r-- 1 hooked se 0 Sep 16 16:02 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 hooked se 0 Sep 16 16:02 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 hooked se 0 Sep 16 16:02 c
When I type emacs * it opens all three files but it puts me in the middle of the buffer chain. For example when I run it, I start off at c and NextBuffer takes me along the chain
c -> b -> *Messages* -> *scratch* -> a ->
This is really, really annoying. I'd like to open up emacs and have the order be any of the permutations
c -> b -> a -> *Messages* -> *scratch* ->
b -> a -> c -> *Messages* -> *scratch* ->
a -> b -> c -> *Messages* -> *scratch* ->
This behavior is the most natural one IMHO (user @Stefan agrees). This is a feature request to make this the default behavior.