Subject: Re: bug#11039: 24.0.94; Window incorrectly getting selected

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:48:32 +0100

> With latest trunk,
 >
 > 1. emacs -Q --maximized
 > 2. C-x 3
 > 3. C-x o
 > 4. C-x 2
 > 5. C-x o C-x o
 >
 > This puts a full-height window on the left, which is selected; and two
 > half-height windows on the right.
 >
 > 6. C-h k m
 >
 > The topmost half-height window on the right now shows the *Help* buffer.
 > But that window is selected---this is the bug.  The help commands should
 > not switch windows.
 >
 > The bug does not occur if there are just two side-by-side windows.

This is the default behavior since 23.1.  If you don't like it, you can
customize `help-window-select' to nil.

martin