GNU bug report logs - #11567
24.0.97; WTF? ROFL! (hilarious bug)

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Tobias Bading <tbading <at> web.de>, Troels Nielsen <bn.troels <at> gmail.com>, 11567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11567: 24.0.97; WTF? ROFL! (hilarious bug)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 10:14:32 -0400

>> I propose the following patch, which does a little more checking if
>> it's likely that emacs has been opening a special frame for the
>> *Completions*-buffer. With some effort you could probably still get
>> emacs to iconify an unexpecting frame, but I don't think many people
>> would, if not for playing hide and seek that is... ;)

Checking special-display-p is not a good idea.
OTOH, it'd be OK to check whether the frame has an active minibuffer
(IOW make sure we don't iconify an active minibuffer), and/or make sure
the frame is not the last one.

> Why can't we use `window--delete' instead of `iconify-frame' here?

Probably no reason.


        Stefan

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