GNU bug report logs - #1237
23.0.60; `switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window

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Reported by: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #105 received at 1237 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 1237 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1237: 23.0.60;	`switch-to-buffer-other-window' sometimes uses selected window
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:49:35 -0500

>> I think it is very important to keep `with-selected-window'
>> and `save-selected-window' similar.  If we make this change
>> in one, we had better make the change in the other too.

>     I think so too.  But the behavior was different (in the NORECORD aspect)
>     already before my recent change.

> Was that intentional or was it a bug?

The fact that with-selected-window does not "record" it very
much intentional.  The "norecord" argument was added (to select-window)
specifically for that purpose.

I believe its absence in save-selected-window is only accidental.


        Stefan
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